CVE-2023-0033 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The PDF Viewer WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

Published: 2023-01-30

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

PDF Viewer

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.0.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pdf_viewer_project:pdf_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12138	The PDF Viewer WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not validate and escape one of its shortcode attributes, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00198.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2d9ae43b-75a7-4fcc-bce3-d9e9d7a97ec0

History

Thu, 27 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'}`

Subscriptions

Pdf Viewer Project Pdf Viewer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-30T20:31:53.710Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T15:41:12.443Z

Reserved: 2023-01-03T02:32:07.757Z

Link: CVE-2023-0033

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:54:32.593Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-30T21:15:13.057

Modified: 2025-03-27T16:15:18.490

Link: CVE-2023-0033

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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