Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-25981

CVE-2023-25981:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in ThemeKraft's Post Form WordPress plugin versions 2.8.1 and below. The vulnerability was identified on January 9, 2023, and publicly disclosed on May 11, 2023. This security issue affects users with contributor-level privileges and above (Patchstack Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from improper validation and escaping of shortcode attributes before they are output back in pages or posts where the shortcode is embedded. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2023-25981 and is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.4 (Medium) according to NVD, with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD, WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This could enable malicious actors to inject harmful scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads that would execute when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.8.2 of the BuddyForms plugin. Site administrators are advised to update to version 2.8.2 or later to remediate this security issue. Additionally, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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