Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in WP Responsive Tabs Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-2184

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WP Responsive Tabs horizontal vertical and accordion Tabs
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 June 2023

Summary

The WP Responsive Tabs plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting through the search_term parameter. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in versions up to and including 1.1.15. As a result, unauthenticated attackers can potentially inject malicious web scripts that execute in the context of the victim's browser, given that they can deceive the user into triggering the attack, such as clicking on a malicious link.

Affected Version(s)

WP Responsive Tabs horizontal vertical and accordion Tabs * <= 1.1.15

References

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

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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