CVE-2023-28166 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Aakif Kadiwala Tags Cloud Manager plugin <= 1.0.0 versions.

Published: 2023-06-22

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

Aakif Kadiwala

Tags Cloud Manager

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.0.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tags_cloud_manager_project:tags_cloud_manager:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-31874	Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Aakif Kadiwala Tags Cloud Manager plugin <= 1.0.0 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 0.00105.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/tags-cloud-manager/wordpress-tags-cloud-manager-plugin-1-0-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Tags Cloud Manager Project Tags Cloud Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-06-22T08:05:24.116Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:15.352Z

Reserved: 2023-03-13T14:15:16.909Z

Link: CVE-2023-28166

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T12:30:24.329Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-22T09:15:10.993

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:54:31.227

Link: CVE-2023-28166

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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