CVE-2023-25456
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was identified in the Klaviyo plugin for WordPress, affecting versions 3.0.7 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by Abdi Pranata and was assigned CVE-2023-25456. The issue was reported on February 1, 2023, and publicly disclosed on March 13, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue that requires administrator-level privileges to exploit. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (Medium) from NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assessed it with a slightly higher score of 5.9 (Medium) with the vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with administrative access to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would then be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.0.8 of the Klaviyo plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.0.8 or later to remediate the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

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