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CVE-2023-47533: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-47533 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the wpdevart Countdown and CountUp, WooCommerce Sales Timer WordPress plugin versions 1.8.2 and below. The vulnerability was discovered by SeungYongLee and disclosed on November 7, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.9 (Medium) according to Patchstack, and 4.8 (Medium) according to NVD. The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating that the vulnerability requires high privileges and user interaction to exploit (NVD).

Impact

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor 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

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.8.3 of the plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.8.3 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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