CVE-2023-5228 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The User Registration WordPress plugin before 3.0.4.2 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
Wpeverest	User Registration

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpeverest:user_registration:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/50ae7008-46f0-4f89-ae98-65dcabe4ef09

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: 2023-11-06T20:40:45.628Z

Updated: 2025-02-26T21:19:45.998Z

Reserved: 2023-09-27T15:08:03.920Z

Link: CVE-2023-5228

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:08.521Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-06T21:15:09.660

Modified: 2025-02-26T22:15:13.333

Link: CVE-2023-5228

Redhat

No data.

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