CVE-2023-52189: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Jhayghost's Ideal Interactive Map WordPress plugin, identified as CVE-2023-52189. The vulnerability affects versions up to and including 1.2.4 of the plugin. The issue was initially reported on December 11, 2023, by researcher Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_) from VNPT-VCI and was publicly disclosed on January 3, 2024 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79). It received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L according to Patchstack's assessment, while NIST assigned a slightly lower 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 (Patchstack).

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 visitors access the affected site. The attack requires contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit (Patchstack).

As of the latest reports, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The issue affects versions up to and including 1.2.4 of the Ideal Interactive Map plugin (Patchstack).