fkie_cve-2023-0147
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2023-02-06 20:15
Modified
2025-03-25 20:15
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Flexible Captcha WordPress plugin through 4.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af9cbb4a-42fc-43c5-88f3-349b417f1a6aExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af9cbb4a-42fc-43c5-88f3-349b417f1a6aExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
flexible_captcha_project flexible_captcha *


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{
   configurations: [
      {
         nodes: [
            {
               cpeMatch: [
                  {
                     criteria: "cpe:2.3:a:flexible_captcha_project:flexible_captcha:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
                     matchCriteriaId: "0CB3BA46-C9CE-493E-94FB-24C831B451BD",
                     versionEndIncluding: "4.1",
                     vulnerable: true,
                  },
               ],
               negate: false,
               operator: "OR",
            },
         ],
      },
   ],
   cveTags: [],
   descriptions: [
      {
         lang: "en",
         value: "The Flexible Captcha WordPress plugin through 4.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks",
      },
   ],
   id: "CVE-2023-0147",
   lastModified: "2025-03-25T20:15:16.930",
   metrics: {
      cvssMetricV31: [
         {
            cvssData: {
               attackComplexity: "LOW",
               attackVector: "NETWORK",
               availabilityImpact: "NONE",
               baseScore: 5.4,
               baseSeverity: "MEDIUM",
               confidentialityImpact: "LOW",
               integrityImpact: "LOW",
               privilegesRequired: "LOW",
               scope: "CHANGED",
               userInteraction: "REQUIRED",
               vectorString: "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
               version: "3.1",
            },
            exploitabilityScore: 2.3,
            impactScore: 2.7,
            source: "nvd@nist.gov",
            type: "Primary",
         },
         {
            cvssData: {
               attackComplexity: "LOW",
               attackVector: "NETWORK",
               availabilityImpact: "NONE",
               baseScore: 5.4,
               baseSeverity: "MEDIUM",
               confidentialityImpact: "LOW",
               integrityImpact: "LOW",
               privilegesRequired: "LOW",
               scope: "CHANGED",
               userInteraction: "REQUIRED",
               vectorString: "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
               version: "3.1",
            },
            exploitabilityScore: 2.3,
            impactScore: 2.7,
            source: "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
            type: "Secondary",
         },
      ],
   },
   published: "2023-02-06T20:15:13.310",
   references: [
      {
         source: "contact@wpscan.com",
         tags: [
            "Exploit",
            "Third Party Advisory",
         ],
         url: "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af9cbb4a-42fc-43c5-88f3-349b417f1a6a",
      },
      {
         source: "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
         tags: [
            "Exploit",
            "Third Party Advisory",
         ],
         url: "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af9cbb4a-42fc-43c5-88f3-349b417f1a6a",
      },
   ],
   sourceIdentifier: "contact@wpscan.com",
   vulnStatus: "Modified",
}


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