CVE-2023-40677 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gopi Ramasamy Vertical marquee plugin <= 7.1 versions.

Published: 2023-09-27

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

Gopi Ramasamy

Vertical marquee plugin

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 7.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gopiplus:vertical_marquee:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-45233	Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gopi Ramasamy Vertical marquee plugin <= 7.1 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 0.00148.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/vertical-marquee-plugin/wordpress-vertical-marquee-plugin-plugin-7-1-cross-site-scripting-xss?_s_id=cve

History

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Gopiplus Vertical Marquee

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-09-27T07:25:11.583Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:37.155Z

Reserved: 2023-08-18T15:18:28.337Z

Link: CVE-2023-40677

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:38:51.095Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-27T15:19:24.233

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:19:57.370

Link: CVE-2023-40677

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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