CVE-2023-23873 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Flector BBSpoiler plugin <= 2.01 versions.

Published: 2023-05-10

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

Flector

BBSpoiler

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 2.01

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bbspoiler_project:bbspoiler:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-27956	Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Flector BBSpoiler plugin <= 2.01 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 0.00181.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/bbspoiler/wordpress-bbspoiler-plugin-2-01-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

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Subscriptions

Bbspoiler Project Bbspoiler

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-05-10T08:35:09.676Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:03.595Z

Reserved: 2023-01-19T11:32:48.331Z

Link: CVE-2023-23873

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:27.112Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-10T09:15:13.217

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:47:00.833

Link: CVE-2023-23873

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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