CVE-2023-4772
"WordPress Newsletter Plugin Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability"
Description
The Newsletter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'newsletter_form' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 7.8.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 7, 2023, 2:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 4:22 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
3.1
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CVE-2023-4772 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.
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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]
Sep. 11, 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://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletter/tags/7.8.9/subscription/subscription.php#L1653 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletter/tags/7.8.9/subscription/subscription.php#L1653 Product Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2955097/newsletter#file21 No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2955097/newsletter#file21 Patch Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/87da5300-1add-44fc-a3e0-e8912f946c84?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/87da5300-1add-44fc-a3e0-e8912f946c84?source=cve Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:thenewsletterplugin:newsletter:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 7.8.9
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-4772 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-4772
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.01%
score
0.27656
percentile