CVE-2023-4290 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Matterport Shortcode WordPress plugin before 2.1.7 does not escape the PHP_SELF server variable when outputting it in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00117.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mpembed	Wp Matterport Shortcode

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mpembed:wp_matterport_shortcode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5fad5245-a089-4ba3-9958-1e2c3d066eea

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-16T19:22:43.516Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:15:02.884Z

Reserved: 2023-08-10T11:54:26.267Z

Link: CVE-2023-4290

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:24:04.622Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-16T20:15:15.577

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:43.190

Link: CVE-2023-4290

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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