CVE-2023-1614 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Custom Author URL WordPress plugin before 1.0.5 does not sanitise 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
Wp Custom Author Url Project	Wp Custom Author Url

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_custom_author_url_project:wp_custom_author_url:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/56abd1e2-0ea9-47f7-9a1b-2093ac15d39c

History

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-05-02T07:04:57.754Z

Updated: 2025-01-30T14:33:56.278Z

Reserved: 2023-03-23T19:12:38.158Z

Link: CVE-2023-1614

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:57:24.940Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-02T08:15:10.097

Modified: 2025-01-30T15:15:13.400

Link: CVE-2023-1614

Redhat

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