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CVE-2023-6529 (GCVE-0-2023-6529)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-08 19:00 – Updated: 2025-06-18 16:50
VLAI
Title
WP VR < 8.3.15 - Unauthenticated Plugin Downgrade leading to XSS
Summary
The WP VR WordPress plugin before 8.3.15 does not authorisation and CSRF in a function hooked to admin_init, allowing unauthenticated users to downgrade the plugin, thus leading to Reflected or Stored XSS, as previous versions have such vulnerabilities.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-16 14:25 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c36314c1-a2c0-48… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown WP VR Affected: 0 , < 8.3.15 (semver)
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Credits
Krzysztof Zając (CERT PL) WPScan
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