CVE-2023-4858 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Simple Table Manager WordPress plugin through 1.5.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin 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 High

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 0.00089.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Topcode	Simple Table Manager

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54698	The Simple Table Manager WordPress plugin through 1.5.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin 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://github.com/nightcloudos/bug_report/blob/main/vendors/poc2.md
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ef8029e0-9282-401a-a77d-10b6656adaa6

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +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: 2023-11-06T20:41:21.712Z

Updated: 2025-02-26T21:22:53.148Z

Reserved: 2023-09-08T20:37:12.383Z

Link: CVE-2023-4858

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:38:00.740Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-06T21:15:08.980

Modified: 2025-02-26T22:15:12.660

Link: CVE-2023-4858

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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