CVE-2023-7170 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The EventON-RSVP WordPress plugin before 2.9.5 does not sanitise and escape some parameters 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: 2024-01-22

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

EventON-RSVP

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.9.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:myeventon:rsvp_events:*:*:*:*:*: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 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 0.00117.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/218fb3af-3a40-486f-8ea9-80211a986fb3/

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Myeventon Rsvp Events

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-22T19:14:23.385Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:22:25.314Z

Reserved: 2023-12-29T11:13:41.668Z

Link: CVE-2023-7170

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:50:08.319Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-22T20:15:47.787

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:15:28.533

Link: CVE-2023-7170

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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