CVE-2023-27421 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Everest themes Everest News theme <= 1.1.0 versions.

Published: 2023-08-08

Score: 7.1 High

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

Everest themes

Everest News

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.1.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:everestthemes:everest_news:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-31197	Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Everest themes Everest News theme <= 1.1.0 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00104.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/everest-news/wordpress-everest-news-theme-1-1-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:30:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Everestthemes Everest News

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-08-08T10:30:18.031Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:13.100Z

Reserved: 2023-03-01T14:31:36.912Z

Link: CVE-2023-27421

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:09:43.403Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-08T11:15:10.520

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:52:52.833

Link: CVE-2023-27421

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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