CVE-2023-4805 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 2.3.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow users such as subscriber to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00109.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Themeum	Tutor Lms

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:themeum:tutor_lms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54649	The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 2.3.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow users such as subscriber to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1049e940-49b1-4236-bea2-c636f35c5647

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: 2023-10-16T19:39:06.867Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:12:51.381Z

Reserved: 2023-09-06T16:20:45.716Z

Link: CVE-2023-4805

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:38:00.703Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-16T20:15:16.670

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:46.917

Link: CVE-2023-4805

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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