CVE-2023-0431 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The File Away WordPress plugin through 3.9.9.0.1 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: 2023-06-12

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

File Away

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 3.9.9.0.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:file_away_project:file_away:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

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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-2023-12488	The File Away WordPress plugin through 3.9.9.0.1 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 0.00138.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fdcbd9a3-552d-439e-b283-1d3d934889af

History

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

File Away Project File Away

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-06-12T17:28:21.850Z

Updated: 2025-01-03T14:50:20.380Z

Reserved: 2023-01-20T22:44:48.817Z

Link: CVE-2023-0431

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:56.151Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-12T18:15:09.847

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:37:10.037

Link: CVE-2023-0431

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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