Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-2452
The Advanced Woo Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 2.77 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2023-2452
- cpe:2.3:a:advanced-woo-search:advanced_woo_search:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-2452
0.11%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 31 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-2452
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.4
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
1.3
|
2.7
|
NIST | |
4.4
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
1.3
|
2.7
|
Wordfence |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-2452
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by:
- nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
- security@wordfence.com (Secondary)
References for CVE-2023-2452
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4278e9d7-aa1e-47a5-b715-09dae5156303?source=cve
Advanced Woo Search <= 2.77 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site ScriptingThird Party Advisory
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-woo-search/tags/2.77/includes/admin/class-aws-admin-options.php#L481
class-aws-admin-options.php in advanced-woo-search/tags/2.77/includes/admin – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-woo-search/tags/2.77/includes/admin/class-aws-admin-options.php#L473
class-aws-admin-options.php in advanced-woo-search/tags/2.77/includes/admin – WordPress Plugin RepositoryPatch
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