CVE-2023-45628 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in QROkes QR Twitter Widget plugin <= 0.2.3 versions.

Published: 2023-10-18

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

QROkes

QR Twitter Widget

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 0.2.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:qrokes:qr_twitter_widget:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-49920	Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in QROkes QR Twitter Widget plugin <= 0.2.3 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 0.00077.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/qr-twitter-widget/wordpress-qr-twitter-widget-plugin-0-2-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Qrokes Qr Twitter Widget

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-10-18T13:28:45.142Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:43.445Z

Reserved: 2023-10-10T07:47:54.380Z

Link: CVE-2023-45628

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:21:16.785Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-18T14:15:09.557

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:27:05.883

Link: CVE-2023-45628

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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