Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-47854

CVE-2023-47854:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Parallax Image plugin, identified as CVE-2023-47854. The vulnerability affects versions up to and including 1.7.1 of the Howard Ehrenberg Parallax Image plugin. The issue was initially reported on October 15, 2023, and was publicly disclosed on November 20, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

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

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 visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.8 of the Parallax Image plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.8 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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