CVE-2023-6067 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP User Profile Avatar WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Published: 2024-04-15

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

WP User Profile Avatar

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.0.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpeventsmanager:user_profile_avatar:*:*:*:*:*: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 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 0.00127.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ae8e225a-5273-4db1-9c72-060304cca658/

History

Fri, 09 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wpeventsmanager Wpeventsmanager user Profile Avatar
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:wpeventsmanager:user_profile_avatar::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Wpeventsmanager Wpeventsmanager user Profile Avatar

Subscriptions

Wpeventsmanager User Profile Avatar

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-04-15T05:00:01.200Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.215Z

Reserved: 2023-11-09T21:09:20.203Z

Link: CVE-2023-6067

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.215Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-15T05:15:13.813

Modified: 2025-05-09T14:24:40.167

Link: CVE-2023-6067

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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