CVE-2023-6529 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP VR WordPress plugin before 8.3.15 does not authorisation and CSRF in a function hooked to admin_init, allowing unauthenticated users to downgrade the plugin, thus leading to Reflected or Stored XSS, as previous versions have such vulnerabilities.

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 0.0058.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Rextheme	Wp Vr

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rextheme:wp_vr:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c36314c1-a2c0-4816-93c9-e61f9cf7f27a

History

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Rextheme Rextheme wp Vr
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:coderex:wp_vr::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:rextheme:wp_vr::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Coderex Coderex wp Vr	Rextheme Rextheme wp Vr

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-08T19:00:26.949Z

Updated: 2025-06-18T16:50:52.089Z

Reserved: 2023-12-05T16:45:09.724Z

Link: CVE-2023-6529

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:35:14.624Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T19:15:10.320

Modified: 2025-06-18T17:15:26.923

Link: CVE-2023-6529

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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