CVE-2023-52203 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Oliver Seidel, Bastian Germann cformsII allows Stored XSS.This issue affects cformsII: from n/a through 15.0.5.

Published: 2024-01-08

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Oliver Seidel, Bastian Germann

cformsII

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 15.0.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cformsii_project:cformsii:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-56876	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Oliver Seidel, Bastian Germann cformsII allows Stored XSS.This issue affects cformsII: from n/a through 15.0.5.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00116.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/cforms2/wordpress-cformsii-plugin-15-0-5-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Fri, 23 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Cformsii Project Cformsii

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-01-08T19:54:17.783Z

Updated: 2025-05-23T16:02:34.802Z

Reserved: 2023-12-29T11:10:04.681Z

Link: CVE-2023-52203

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:55:41.311Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T20:15:45.010

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:39:23.547

Link: CVE-2023-52203

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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