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CVE-2023-46075: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An unauthorized Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the wpdevart Contact Form Builder, Contact Widget WordPress plugin affecting versions 2.1.6 and below. The vulnerability was identified on October 16, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-46075 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium) by NVD with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Patchstack has assigned a slightly higher CVSS score of 7.1 (High). The vulnerability is classified under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

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 guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the latest reports, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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