CVE-2023-0043 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Custom Add User WordPress plugin through 2.0.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Published: 2023-02-27

Score: 6.1 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

Custom Add User

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 2.0.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:add_user_project:add_user:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-12147	The Custom Add User WordPress plugin through 2.0.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, 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.

The EPSS score is 0.00199.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e012f23a-7daf-4ef3-b116-d0e2ed5bd0a3

History

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Add User Project Add User

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-27T15:24:41.583Z

Updated: 2025-03-10T18:16:21.957Z

Reserved: 2023-01-04T06:27:36.075Z

Link: CVE-2023-0043

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:54:32.596Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-27T16:15:11.580

Modified: 2025-03-10T19:15:36.813

Link: CVE-2023-0043

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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