CVE-2023-2568 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Photo Gallery by Ays WordPress plugin before 5.1.7 does not escape some parameters before outputting it back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Published: 2023-06-12

Score: 6.1 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

Unknown

Photo Gallery by Ays

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 5.1.7

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ays-pro:photo_gallery:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-34046	The Photo Gallery by Ays WordPress plugin before 5.1.7 does not escape some parameters before outputting it back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

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 0.00162.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b1704a12-459b-4f5d-aa2d-a96646ddaf3e

History

Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Ays-pro Photo Gallery

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-06-12T17:28:23.093Z

Updated: 2025-01-03T14:48:52.092Z

Reserved: 2023-05-08T09:43:38.240Z

Link: CVE-2023-2568

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:26:09.836Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-12T18:15:10.093

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:58:50.880

Link: CVE-2023-2568

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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