CVE-2023-40328 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Carrrot plugin <= 1.1.0 versions.

Published: 2023-09-06

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

Carrrot

Carrrot

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.1.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:carrrot:carrrot:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-44915	Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Carrrot plugin <= 1.1.0 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 0.00127.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/carrrot/wordpress-carrot-plugin-1-1-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_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

Carrrot Carrrot

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-09-06T08:26:46.076Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:36.588Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T14:47:15.113Z

Link: CVE-2023-40328

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.390Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-06T09:15:08.243

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:19:13.783

Link: CVE-2023-40328

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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