CVE-2023-4811 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.23.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as contributors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Published: 2023-10-16

Score: 5.4 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

WordPress File Upload

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.23.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:iptanus:wordpress_file_upload:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-54655	The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.23.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as contributors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00109.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f9271f2-4de4-4be3-8746-2a3f149eb1d1

History

Wed, 23 Apr 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

Iptanus Wordpress File Upload

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-16T19:39:16.639Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:11:48.850Z

Reserved: 2023-09-06T17:50:46.748Z

Link: CVE-2023-4811

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:38:00.704Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-16T20:15:16.747

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:47.270

Link: CVE-2023-4811

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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