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CVE-2023-23987: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in WPEverest User Registration plugin versions 2.3.0 and earlier. The vulnerability was identified on January 20, 2023, and requires administrator-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (Medium) according to NVD, while Patchstack rates it at 5.9 (Medium). The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation. The issue affects authenticated users with administrator or higher privileges (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors with administrator privileges to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.3.1 of the WPEverest User Registration plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.3.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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