CVE-2023-25958 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Justin Saad Simple Tooltips plugin <= 2.1.4 versions.

Published: 2023-05-12

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

Justin Saad

Simple Tooltips

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 2.1.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simple_tooltips_project:simple_tooltips:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-29845	Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Justin Saad Simple Tooltips plugin <= 2.1.4 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/simple-tooltips/wordpress-simple-tooltips-plugin-2-1-4-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

Simple Tooltips Project Simple Tooltips

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-05-12T15:15:56.004Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:10.387Z

Reserved: 2023-02-17T13:47:07.370Z

Link: CVE-2023-25958

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:39:06.206Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-12T16:15:09.610

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:50:31.280

Link: CVE-2023-25958

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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