CVE-2023-2518 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Easy Forms for Mailchimp WordPress plugin before 6.8.9 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page when the debug option is enabled, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Published: 2023-05-30

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 10.6% Moderate

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

Easy Forms for Mailchimp

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 6.8.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yikesinc:easy_forms_for_mailchimp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.10626.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ca120255-2c50-4906-97f3-ea660486db4c

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.09325}`	epss `{'score': 0.15649}`

Fri, 10 Jan 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Yikesinc Easy Forms For Mailchimp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-05-30T07:49:12.307Z

Updated: 2025-01-10T21:06:05.726Z

Reserved: 2023-05-04T14:55:42.680Z

Link: CVE-2023-2518

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:26:09.515Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-30T08:15:10.390

Modified: 2025-01-10T21:15:11.780

Link: CVE-2023-2518

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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