CVE-2023-46192 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Internet Marketing Ninjas Internal Link Building plugin <= 1.2.3 versions.

Published: 2023-10-27

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

Internet Marketing Ninjas

Internal Link Building

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.2.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:internetmarketingninjas:internal_link_building:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-50435	Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Internet Marketing Ninjas Internal Link Building plugin <= 1.2.3 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 0.00063.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/internal-link-building-plugin/wordpress-internal-link-building-plugin-1-2-3-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

Internetmarketingninjas Internal Link Building

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-10-27T07:42:06.926Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:45.850Z

Reserved: 2023-10-18T08:45:49.683Z

Link: CVE-2023-46192

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:37:39.966Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-27T08:15:31.533

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:28:02.810

Link: CVE-2023-46192

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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