CVE-2023-38482 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in QualityUnit Post Affiliate Pro plugin <= 1.25.0 versions.

Published: 2023-09-03

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

QualityUnit

Post Affiliate Pro

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.25.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:qualityunit:post_affiliate_pro:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-42298	Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in QualityUnit Post Affiliate Pro plugin <= 1.25.0 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/postaffiliatepro/wordpress-post-affiliate-pro-plugin-1-24-9-cross-site-scripting-xss?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:30:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Qualityunit Post Affiliate Pro

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-09-03T11:38:11.941Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:34.295Z

Reserved: 2023-07-18T12:33:31.061Z

Link: CVE-2023-38482

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:39:13.543Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-03T12:15:42.140

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:13:39.777

Link: CVE-2023-38482

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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