CVE-2023-0370 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WPB Advanced FAQ WordPress plugin through 1.0.6 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
Wpbean	Wpb Advanced Faq

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpbean:wpb_advanced_faq:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4f5597f9-ab27-42d2-847c-14455b7d0849

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +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: 2023-03-20T15:52:19.368Z

Updated: 2025-02-26T19:02:39.171Z

Reserved: 2023-01-18T07:09:15.236Z

Link: CVE-2023-0370

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:55.646Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-20T16:15:12.293

Modified: 2025-02-26T19:15:15.323

Link: CVE-2023-0370

Redhat

No data.

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