Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-46071

CVE-2023-46071:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the ClickDatos Protección de Datos RGPD WordPress plugin versions 3.1.0 and below. The vulnerability was reported on April 16, 2023, and publicly disclosed on October 16, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, specifically of the reflected type, and has been assigned CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). The vulnerability has received varying CVSS scores: NIST assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium) 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 at 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 malicious actors 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).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the disclosure, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website administrators are advised to implement the mitigation immediately (Patchstack).

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