Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-51493

CVE-2023-51493:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Howard Ehrenberg's Custom Post Carousels with Owl WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 1.4.6. The vulnerability was reported on October 3, 2023, and publicly disclosed on December 27, 2023. This security issue allows for Stored XSS attacks in the WordPress plugin (Patchstack).

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 6.5 (Medium) from Patchstack, with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) assessed it with a slightly lower CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (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 guests visit the affected site. The attack requires editor or higher privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.4.7 of the Custom Post Carousels with Owl plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.4.7 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins as an additional security measure (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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