CVE-2023-47528: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2023-47528 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the WP Edit Username plugin by Sajjad Hossain Sagor in versions 1.0.5 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by Jeongwoo-Lee(Roronoa) and was published on November 7, 2023 (Patchstack Database).

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (Medium) by NIST with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Patchstack has assigned a slightly higher CVSS score of 5.9 (Medium) with the 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 as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD).

The vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with administrator privileges 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 Database).

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 users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack Database).