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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-28169
CVE-2023-28169:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been identified in CoreFortress Easy Event calendar plugin versions 1.0 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by Nithissh S and was assigned CVE-2023-28169. The issue was reported on February 3, 2023, and was publicly disclosed on March 14, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue that affects authenticated users with administrator privileges. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.9 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L according to Patchstack's assessment (Patchstack).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website which will be executed when guests visit the site (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the disclosure, no official fix has been made available for this vulnerability. The security issue has been classified as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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