CVE-2023-5124 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Page Builder: Pagelayer WordPress plugin before 1.8.0 doesn't prevent attackers with administrator privileges from inserting malicious JavaScript inside a post's header or footer code, even when unfiltered_html is disallowed, such as in multi-site WordPress configurations.

Published: 2024-01-29

Score: 4.8 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	< 1.8.0

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

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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 0.00126.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1ef86546-3467-432c-a863-1ca3e5c65bd4/

History

Thu, 22 May 2025 18:15:00 +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: 2024-01-29T14:44:23.796Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T17:24:53.316Z

Reserved: 2023-09-22T15:11:21.835Z

Link: CVE-2023-5124

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:44:53.790Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-29T15:15:09.100

Modified: 2025-05-22T18:15:31.467

Link: CVE-2023-5124

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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