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CVE-2023-47527:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2023-47527 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the WP Edit Username WordPress plugin versions through 1.0.5. The vulnerability was discovered by Jeongwoo-Lee(Roronoa) and publicly disclosed on December 19, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) issue. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) from NIST with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assigned it a score of 5.9 (MEDIUM) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website, which would be executed when guests visit the site (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.0.6 of the WP Edit Username plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.0.6 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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