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CVE-2023-38384: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Syntactics, Inc. EaSYNC WordPress plugin versions 1.3.7 and below. The vulnerability was reported on July 20, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-38384 (Patchstack Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assessed with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) by NVD with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack rated it with a 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. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors 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 Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to version 1.3.12 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until users update to a fixed version (Patchstack Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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