Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Watu Quiz Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-0968

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Watu Quiz
Vendor
CVE Published:
3 March 2023

Summary

The Watu Quiz plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that exposes users to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the parameters 'dn', 'email', 'points', and 'date'. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to click a malicious link, resulting in the injection of arbitrary web scripts that execute in the user's browser, potentially stealing sensitive information or compromising user sessions.

Affected Version(s)

Watu Quiz * <= 3.3.9

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/watu/trunk/vie...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
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