6.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-2406
"vcita WordPress Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability"
Description

The Event Registration Calendar By vcita plugin, versions up to and including 3.9.1, and Online Payments – Get Paid with PayPal, Square & Stripe plugin, for WordPress are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'email' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the edit_posts capability, such as contributors and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

INFO

Published Date :

June 3, 2023, 5:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 4:12 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-2406 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vcita event_registration_calendar_by_vcita
2 Vcita online_payments_-_get_paid_with_paypal\,_square_\&_stripe

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-2406 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE Wordfence CWE-79
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita No Types Assigned https://blog.jonh.eu/blog/security-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-plugins-by-vcita Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/event-registration-calendar-by-vcita/trunk/system/parse_vcita_callback.php#L55 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/event-registration-calendar-by-vcita/trunk/system/parse_vcita_callback.php#L55 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/paypal-payment-button-by-vcita/trunk/system/parse_vcita_callback.php No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/paypal-payment-button-by-vcita/trunk/system/parse_vcita_callback.php Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ab05954-9999-43ff-8e3c-a987e2da1956?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1ab05954-9999-43ff-8e3c-a987e2da1956?source=cve Broken Link
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vcita:event_registration_calendar_by_vcita:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 3.9.1 *cpe:2.3:a:vcita:online_payments_-_get_paid_with_paypal\,_square_\&_stripe:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 1.3.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-2406 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.38 }} 0.14%

score

0.73112

percentile

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