WP Meta and Date Remover < 2.2.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings

2023-10-31 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.2.0

Affected PluginWP Meta and Date Remover

Affected Version< 2.2.0

CVSS6.4Medium

CVECVE-2023-4823

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Meta and Date Remover plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via settings in all versions up to 2.2.0 (exclusive) due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.2.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4823 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3da0a44f-d4b4-4330-a2e3-d25a2a7df926

CVSS Vector

6.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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