CVE-2023-5354 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Awesome Support WordPress plugin before 6.1.5 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Published: 2023-11-06

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

Awesome Support

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 6.1.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:getawesomesupport:awesome_support:*:*:*:*:*: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-2023-57670	The Awesome Support WordPress plugin before 6.1.5 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

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 0.0013.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa380524-031d-4e49-9d0b-96e62d54557f

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Getawesomesupport Awesome Support

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-11-06T20:40:28.644Z

Updated: 2025-02-26T21:18:23.274Z

Reserved: 2023-10-03T12:15:35.168Z

Link: CVE-2023-5354

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:59:44.367Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-06T21:15:09.790

Modified: 2025-02-26T22:15:13.653

Link: CVE-2023-5354

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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