CVE-2023-0548 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Namaste! LMS WordPress plugin before 2.5.9.4 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

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.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Kibokolabs	Namaste\! Lms

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:namaste\!_lms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b6c1ed7a-5b2d-4985-847d-56586b1aae9b

History

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +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: 2023-02-27T15:24:28.364Z

Updated: 2025-03-10T18:09:34.422Z

Reserved: 2023-01-27T18:25:03.952Z

Link: CVE-2023-0548

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:17:49.766Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T16:15:12.537

Modified: 2025-03-10T18:15:26.070

Link: CVE-2023-0548

Redhat

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