CVE-2023-5943 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Wp-Adv-Quiz WordPress plugin before 1.0.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.

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 0.00081.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Markusbegerow	Wp-adv-quiz

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:markusbegerow:wp-adv-quiz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58215	The Wp-Adv-Quiz WordPress plugin before 1.0.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/18fbe9d5-4829-450b-988c-8ba4becd032a/

History

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +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: 2024-01-29T14:44:25.295Z

Updated: 2025-06-11T17:03:58.559Z

Reserved: 2023-11-02T20:04:39.034Z

Link: CVE-2023-5943

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:14:25.119Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-29T15:15:09.153

Modified: 2025-06-11T17:15:38.107

Link: CVE-2023-5943

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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