Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-34183

CVE-2023-34183:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affects Valiano Unite Gallery Lite plugin versions up to and including 1.7.61. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by yuyudhn on February 2, 2023, and was officially published on May 30, 2023 (Patchstack Database).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, identified as CVE-2023-34183. It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with administrator privileges to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when guests visit the affected site (Patchstack Database).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.7.62 of the Unite Gallery Lite plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.7.62 or later to remove the vulnerability. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack Database).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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