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CVE-2023-34423: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Survey Maker WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.6.4 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-34423. The vulnerability was discovered by Atsuya Yoda of GMO Cybersecurity by Ierae, Inc. and was disclosed on March 27, 2024 (JVN Report).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.0 base score of 6.1 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) and CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N). This stored XSS vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 (JVN Report).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary scripts on the web browser of users who are logged into the website with administrative privileges (JVN Report).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires no privileges to exploit but does require user interaction. The attack complexity is considered low, making it relatively straightforward to exploit (JVN Report).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update the Survey Maker plugin to version 3.6.4 or later to address this vulnerability. The fix has been provided by the developer AYS Pro Plugins (JVN Report).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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