CVE-2023-34175
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability (CVE-2023-34175) is an unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the GrandSlambert Login Configurator WordPress plugin versions 2.1 and below. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by thiennv on April 17, 2023, and was officially published by Patchstack on May 30, 2023 (Patchstack Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) from NVD with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Patchstack has assigned a slightly higher CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors 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 Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

No official fix is currently available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack Advisory).

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