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CVE-2023-50827: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Accredible Certificates & Open Badges WordPress plugin versions up to 1.4.8. The vulnerability was reported on December 19, 2023, and was assigned CVE-2023-50827. This security issue affects the WordPress plugin Accredible Certificates & Open Badges through version 1.4.8 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Stored XSS issue, specifically an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability (CWE-79). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (Medium) from NIST with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack assessed it with a score of 5.9 (Medium) (NVD).

Impact

The 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 1.4.9 of the Accredible Certificates & Open Badges plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.4.9 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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