CVE-2023-4270 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Min Max Control WordPress plugin before 4.6 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Published: 2023-09-11

Score: 6.1 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

Unknown

Min Max Control

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:codeastrology:min_max_control:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-54141	The Min Max Control WordPress plugin before 4.6 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00153.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/04560bf1-676b-46fb-9344-4150862f2686

History

Fri, 02 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Codeastrology Min Max Control

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-09-11T19:46:05.206Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T16:52:53.525Z

Reserved: 2023-08-09T10:23:13.759Z

Link: CVE-2023-4270

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:24:03.676Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-11T20:15:11.593

Modified: 2025-05-02T17:15:48.010

Link: CVE-2023-4270

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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