CVE-2023-23806 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Davinder Singh Custom Settings plugin <= 1.0 versions.

Published: 2023-04-23

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

Davinder Singh

Custom Settings

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress_custom_settings_project:wordpress_custom_settings:1.0:*:*:*:*: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-2023-27892	Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Davinder Singh Custom Settings plugin <= 1.0 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 0.00207.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/custom-settings/wordpress-wordpress-custom-settings-plugin-1-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Wordpress Custom Settings Project Wordpress Custom Settings

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-04-23T10:37:04.519Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:02.848Z

Reserved: 2023-01-18T09:27:50.533Z

Link: CVE-2023-23806

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:26.201Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-23T11:15:06.987

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:46:52.240

Link: CVE-2023-23806

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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