CVE-2023-6503 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP Plugin Lister WordPress plugin through 2.1.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack.

Published: 2024-01-29

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 Plugin Lister

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 2.1.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:paulgriffinpetty:wp_plugin_lister:*:*:*:*:*: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 None

Scope Unchanged

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 0.00231.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://magos-securitas.com/txt/CVE-2023-6503.txt
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d95de23-e8f6-4342-b19c-57cd22b2fee2/

History

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Paulgriffinpetty Wp Plugin Lister

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-29T14:44:26.055Z

Updated: 2026-01-09T21:04:55.879Z

Reserved: 2023-12-04T18:46:05.528Z

Link: CVE-2023-6503

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:35:14.587Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-29T15:15:09.587

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:43:59.070

Link: CVE-2023-6503

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-352

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