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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-51534
CVE-2023-51534:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Brave – Create Popup, Optins, Lead Generation, Survey, Sticky Elements & Interactive Content WordPress plugin versions up to 0.6.2. The vulnerability was reported on October 26, 2023, and publicly disclosed on December 27, 2023 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.8 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability requires high privileges and user interaction to exploit, with potential impacts on confidentiality and integrity, but no impact on availability (NVD).
Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor 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
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 0.6.3 of the plugin. Users are recommended to update to version 0.6.3 or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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