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CVE-2023-0285: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-0285 affects the Real Media Library WordPress plugin versions before 4.18.29. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Bipul Jaiswal from SecureLayer7, and was publicly disclosed on January 30, 2023. The issue affects the plugin's folder creation functionality in the WordPress Media Library (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity). The core issue stems from the plugin's failure to properly sanitize and escape folder names during creation. This vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 and falls into the OWASP Top 10 category A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability allows users with author-level permissions or higher to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. When exploited, the XSS payload persists in the folder name and triggers whenever any user accesses the malicious folder to upload files (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.18.29 of the Real Media Library plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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