CVE-2023-23673 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Harish Chouhan, Themeist I Recommend This plugin <= 3.8.3 versions.

Published: 2023-05-16

Score: 5.9 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

Harish Chouhan, Themeist

I Recommend This

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 3.8.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:themeist:i_recommend_this:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-27760	Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Harish Chouhan, Themeist I Recommend This plugin <= 3.8.3 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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 0.0008.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/i-recommend-this/wordpress-i-recommend-this-plugin-3-8-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Themeist I Recommend This

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-05-16T08:28:51.231Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:00.305Z

Reserved: 2023-01-17T05:01:33.476Z

Link: CVE-2023-23673

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:35:33.743Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-16T09:15:09.313

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:46:38.100

Link: CVE-2023-23673

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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