CVE-2023-1019 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Help Desk WP WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Published: 2023-05-15

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

Help Desk WP

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.2.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:help_desk_wp_project:help_desk_wp:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-23311	The Help Desk WP WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

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 0.00117.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6331ca8-9603-4134-af39-8e77ac9d511c

History

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Help Desk Wp Project Help Desk Wp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-05-15T12:15:43.027Z

Updated: 2025-01-24T21:15:37.255Z

Reserved: 2023-02-24T16:08:43.418Z

Link: CVE-2023-1019

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:32:46.344Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-15T13:15:10.253

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:26:54.423

Link: CVE-2023-1019

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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