CVE-2023-0236 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 2.0.10 does not sanitise and escape the reset_key and user_id parameters before outputting then back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Published: 2023-02-06

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 20.1% Moderate

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

Tutor LMS

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.0.10

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:themeum:tutor_lms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.20076.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/503835db-426d-4b49-85f7-c9a20d6ff5b8

History

Tue, 25 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

Themeum Tutor Lms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-06T19:59:21.460Z

Updated: 2025-03-25T18:13:00.269Z

Reserved: 2023-01-12T11:40:16.049Z

Link: CVE-2023-0236

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:02:44.106Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-06T20:15:14.117

Modified: 2025-03-25T19:15:40.947

Link: CVE-2023-0236

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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