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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-49175
CVE-2023-49175:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Kreativo Pro KP Fastest Tawk.To Chat WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 1.1.1. The vulnerability was identified on November 29, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-49175 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) from NIST and 5.9 (Medium) from Patchstack. The issue stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's admin settings (NVD, WPScan).
Impact
This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an affected page. The impact is particularly significant for multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
Currently, there is no known official fix available for this vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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