CVE-2023-40605 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (contributor) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 93digital Typing Effect plugin <= 1.3.6 versions.

Published: 2023-09-27

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

93digital

Typing Effect

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.3.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:93digital:typing_effect:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-45163	Auth. (contributor) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 93digital Typing Effect plugin <= 1.3.6 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 0.00163.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/animated-typing-effect/wordpress-typing-effect-plugin-1-3-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Mon, 23 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

93digital Typing Effect

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-09-27T05:31:37.272Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:36.888Z

Reserved: 2023-08-17T10:47:42.477Z

Link: CVE-2023-40605

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:38:50.637Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-27T15:19:20.697

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:19:48.717

Link: CVE-2023-40605

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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