CVE-2023-23657 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Richard Leishman t/a Webforward Mail Subscribe List plugin <= 2.1.9 versions.

Published: 2023-05-16

Score: 6.5 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

Richard Leishman t/a Webforward

Mail Subscribe List

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 2.1.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:webfwd:mail_subscribe_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-2023-27744	Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Richard Leishman t/a Webforward Mail Subscribe List plugin <= 2.1.9 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00098.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/mail-subscribe-list/wordpress-mail-subscribe-list-plugin-2-1-9-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Webfwd Mail Subscribe List

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-05-16T09:24:25.681Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:59.934Z

Reserved: 2023-01-17T05:01:31.005Z

Link: CVE-2023-23657

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:33.738Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-16T10:15:09.350

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:46:36.967

Link: CVE-2023-23657

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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