CVE-2023-41127
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The vulnerability CVE-2023-41127 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Evergreen Content Poster – Auto Post and Schedule Your Best Content to Social Media WordPress plugin. The vulnerability was discovered in versions through 1.3.6.1 and was published on November 30, 2023. This security issue affects the plugin's web page generation functionality due to improper neutralization of input (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.8 (MEDIUM severity). It specifically allows for Stored XSS attacks, which means malicious scripts can be permanently stored on the target servers and executed when users access the affected pages. The vulnerability requires administrator-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

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, potentially compromising user data or website functionality (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.4.1 of the Evergreen Content Poster plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.4.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Website administrators can also enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins if they are using Patchstack security services (Patchstack).

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