Is CVE-2023-4842 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-4842 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-4842?

CVE-2023-4842 has a CVSS score of 6.4 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2023-4842?

Patch guidance is available from warfareplugins security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2023-4842.

Which products are affected by CVE-2023-4842?

1 product: warfareplugins social warfare.

CVE-2023-4842 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Description

The Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'social_warfare' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 4.4.3 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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: low
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-79 · Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Metadata

Primary Vendor: WARFAREPLUGINS
Published: 11/7/2023
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2023-4842

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