CVE-2023-46068: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in XQueue GmbH's Maileon for WordPress plugin versions 2.16.0 and below. The vulnerability was reported on August 30, 2023, by security researcher DoYeon Park (p6rkdoye0n) and was assigned CVE-2023-46068. The issue affects authenticated users with administrator privileges (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has received multiple CVSS severity assessments. The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) assigned it 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. Patchstack provided a slightly higher assessment with a CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with administrative access 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).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.16.1 of the Maileon plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.16.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the additional option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).