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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-25786
CVE-2023-25786:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Thom Stark Eyes Only: User Access Shortcode WordPress plugin versions 1.8.2 and below. The vulnerability was reported on February 15, 2023, by Rio Darmawan from Zerobyte (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2023-25786 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 classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor 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
As of the latest reports, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions 1.8.2 and below of the Eyes Only: User Access Shortcode plugin (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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