CVE-2023-5087 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Page Builder: Pagelayer WordPress plugin before 1.7.8 doesn't prevent attackers with author privileges and higher from inserting malicious JavaScript inside a post's header or footer code.

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

Page Builder: Pagelayer

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.3.2`	affected	< 1.7.8

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pagelayer:pagelayer:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-57427	The Page Builder: Pagelayer WordPress plugin before 1.7.8 doesn't prevent attackers with author privileges and higher from inserting malicious JavaScript inside a post's header or footer code.

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 0.00294.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3b45cc0b-7378-49f3-900e-d0e18cd4b878

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

Pagelayer Pagelayer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-16T19:38:57.172Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:14:27.837Z

Reserved: 2023-09-20T14:21:15.301Z

Link: CVE-2023-5087

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:44:53.919Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-16T20:15:17.657

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:49.417

Link: CVE-2023-5087

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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