CVE-2023-5238 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The EventPrime WordPress plugin before 3.2.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to an HTML Injection on the plugin in the search area of the website.

Published: 2023-10-31

Score: 6.1 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

EventPrime

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.2.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:metagauss:eventprime:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-57565	The EventPrime WordPress plugin before 3.2.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to an HTML Injection on the plugin in the search area of the website.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00245.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/47a5fbfd-f47c-4356-8567-b29dadb48423

History

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Metagauss Eventprime

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-31T13:54:43.838Z

Updated: 2025-04-22T20:03:05.795Z

Reserved: 2023-09-27T16:42:14.824Z

Link: CVE-2023-5238

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:08.541Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-31T14:15:12.557

Modified: 2025-04-22T20:15:27.470

Link: CVE-2023-5238

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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