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CVE-2023-47659: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Lavacode Lava Directory Manager WordPress plugin versions 1.1.34 and below. The vulnerability was reported on May 17, 2023, and publicly disclosed on November 7, 2023. This security issue affects users with contributor-level privileges or higher (Patchstack Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) from NVD with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Patchstack assigned a slightly higher CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD Details).

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 Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the latest reports, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions 1.1.34 and below of the Lava Directory Manager plugin (Patchstack Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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