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CVE-2023-3168:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP Reroute Email plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2023-3168) in versions up to and including 1.4.9. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the email subject field (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium) by NIST with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Wordfence assessed it at 7.2 (High) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability allows for the injection of arbitrary web scripts that execute when users access affected pages (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This can lead to potential compromise of user data and session information (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should update to a version newer than 1.4.9 of the WP Reroute Email plugin (Wordpress Patch).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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