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CVE-2023-49182:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The vulnerability (CVE-2023-49182) is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue discovered in the WordPress plugin 'List all posts by Authors, nested Categories and Titles' affecting versions through 2.7.10. The vulnerability was disclosed on November 29, 2023, and allows for Reflected XSS attacks (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') issue. It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium) from NVD and 7.1 (High) from Patchstack, with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, such as redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website which will be executed when guests visit the site (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to version 2.8.3 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until users update to a fixed version (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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