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CVE-2023-23723: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Winwar Media WP Email Capture plugin versions 3.9.3 and earlier for WordPress. The vulnerability was identified on January 17, 2023, and publicly disclosed on February 15, 2023. This security issue affects authenticated users with administrator privileges (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.9 (Medium) according to Patchstack's assessment. The NIST NVD rates it with a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability requires administrator privileges to exploit (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website which will be executed when guests visit the site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.10 of the WP Email Capture plugin. Users are recommended to update to version 3.10 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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