CVE-2023-31079 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Chris Roberts Tippy plugin <= 6.2.1 versions.

Published: 2023-08-17

Score: 6.5 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

Chris Roberts

Tippy

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 6.2.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thechrisroberts:tippy:*:*:*:*:*:jquery:*:*

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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-2023-35408	Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Chris Roberts Tippy plugin <= 6.2.1 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00097.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/tippy/wordpress-tippy-plugin-6-2-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:30:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Thechrisroberts Tippy

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-08-17T14:31:13.135Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:20.297Z

Reserved: 2023-04-24T05:42:59.932Z

Link: CVE-2023-31079

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:45:25.015Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-17T15:15:09.623

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:01:22.297

Link: CVE-2023-31079

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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