WP SEO Press < 7.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
CVE-2023-6290

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Seopress
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 January 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The SEOPress WordPress plugin before 7.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected Version(s)

SEOPress 0 < 7.3

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2023-6290 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/78a13958-cd12-4ea8-b326-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Sandeep Vishwakarma
WPScan
.