CVE-2023-1373 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The W4 Post List WordPress plugin before 2.4.6 does not escape some URLs before outputting them in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Published: 2023-04-17

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

W4 Post List

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.4.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:w4_post_list_project:w4_post_list:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-23629	The W4 Post List WordPress plugin before 2.4.6 does not escape some URLs before outputting them in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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/fa38f3e6-e04c-467c-969b-0f6736087589

History

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

W4 Post List Project W4 Post List

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-04-17T12:17:43.963Z

Updated: 2025-02-06T16:18:40.856Z

Reserved: 2023-03-13T12:20:42.048Z

Link: CVE-2023-1373

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:49:10.337Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-17T13:15:38.337

Modified: 2025-02-06T17:15:15.317

Link: CVE-2023-1373

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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