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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-41874
CVE-2023-41874:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce plugin versions 3.20.0 and earlier. The vulnerability was reported on July 27, 2023, and published on September 5, 2023 (Patchstack).
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 NIST with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Patchstack assigned a 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
This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor 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).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to version 3.20.1 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).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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