CVE-2023-4284 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Post Timeline WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not sanitise and escape an invalid nonce before outputting it back in an AJAX response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

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.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Agilelogix	Post Timeline

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:agilelogix:post_timeline:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1c126869-0afa-456f-94cc-10334964e5f9

History

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +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: 2023-09-04T11:26:59.291Z

Updated: 2025-03-06T16:04:28.427Z

Reserved: 2023-08-10T08:17:40.667Z

Link: CVE-2023-4284

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:24:04.598Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-04T12:15:10.627

Modified: 2025-03-06T16:15:44.440

Link: CVE-2023-4284

Redhat

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