CVE-2023-5243 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Login Screen Manager WordPress plugin through 3.5.2 does not sanitize 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 0.00171.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Login Screen Manager Project Subscribe	Login Screen Manager Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:login_screen_manager_project:login_screen_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-57570	The Login Screen Manager WordPress plugin through 3.5.2 does not sanitize 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://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad895200-a03a-4e92-b256-d6991547d38a

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-31T13:54:43.491Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:10:27.890Z

Reserved: 2023-09-27T20:29:51.225Z

Link: CVE-2023-5243

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:08.550Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-31T14:15:12.633

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:50.540

Link: CVE-2023-5243

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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