CVE-2023-25793
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the George Pattihis Link Juice Keeper WordPress plugin versions 2.0.2 and below. The vulnerability was identified on January 31, 2023, and publicly disclosed on February 15, 2023. This security issue affects authenticated users with administrative privileges (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 NIST, and 5.9 (Medium) according to Patchstack. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating that the vulnerability requires network access, low attack complexity, high privileges, and user interaction (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 be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.0.3 of the Link Juice Keeper plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.0.3 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).

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