CVE-2023-28692 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kevon Adonis WP Abstracts plugin <= 2.6.3 versions.

Published: 2023-08-30

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

Kevon Adonis

WP Abstracts

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 2.6.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kevonadonis:wp_abstracts:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-32335	Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kevon Adonis WP Abstracts plugin <= 2.6.3 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 0.00063.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-abstracts-manuscripts-manager/wordpress-wp-abstracts-plugin-2-6-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Kevonadonis Wp Abstracts

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-08-30T15:27:09.400Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:16.543Z

Reserved: 2023-03-21T07:14:41.938Z

Link: CVE-2023-28692

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T13:43:23.704Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-30T16:15:09.917

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:55:48.760

Link: CVE-2023-28692

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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