Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Interactive Geo Maps Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-0731

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Mapgeo – Interactive Geo Maps
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 February 2023

What is CVE-2023-0731?

The Interactive Geo Maps plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. Authenticated attackers with editor-level permissions or higher can exploit this vulnerability by injecting arbitrary web scripts through the action content parameter. The malicious scripts would execute whenever a user accesses the compromised pages, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data theft.

Affected Version(s)

MapGeo – Interactive Geo Maps 0 <= 1.5.9

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
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