CVE-2023-0174 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP VR WordPress plugin before 8.2.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Rextheme	Wp Vr

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6b53d0e6-def9-4907-bd2b-884b2afa52b3

History

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +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: 2023-02-06T19:59:14.952Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T20:42:58.406Z

Reserved: 2023-01-11T03:09:59.832Z

Link: CVE-2023-0174

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:44.048Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-06T20:15:13.873

Modified: 2025-03-25T21:15:40.587

Link: CVE-2023-0174

Redhat

No data.

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