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CVE-2023-47177:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Linker WordPress plugin versions 1.2.1 and below, identified as CVE-2023-47177. The vulnerability affects authenticated users with admin or higher privileges and was disclosed on October 31, 2023 (Patchstack Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow authenticated attackers 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 Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.2.2 of the Linker plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.2.2 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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