CVE-2023-6161 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Crowdfunding WordPress plugin before 2.1.9 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.0028.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Themeum	Wp Crowdfunding

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:themeum:wp_crowdfunding:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58411	The WP Crowdfunding WordPress plugin before 2.1.9 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ca7b6a39-a910-4b4f-b9cc-be444ec44942

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 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: 2024-01-08T19:00:27.990Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T14:52:07.947Z

Reserved: 2023-11-15T18:08:23.120Z

Link: CVE-2023-6161

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.598Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T19:15:10.137

Modified: 2025-06-17T15:15:37.620

Link: CVE-2023-6161

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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