Vulnerability Details : CVE-2023-6164
The MainWP Dashboard – WordPress Manager for Multiple Websites Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSS Injection via the ‘newColor’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary CSS values into the site tags.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2023-6164
- cpe:2.3:a:mainwp:mainwp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-6164
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 20 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2023-6164
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.8
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
1.7
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2.7
|
NIST | |
2.2
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LOW | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
0.7
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1.4
|
Wordfence |
CWE ids for CVE-2023-6164
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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)
References for CVE-2023-6164
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/73980a90-bb17-46e4-a0ea-691f80500fe3?source=cve
MainWP Dashboard <= 4.5.1.2 - Authenticated(Administrator+) CSS InjectionThird Party Advisory
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/mainwp/tags/4.5.1.2&old=2996628&new_path=/mainwp/tags/4.5.1.3&new=2996628&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
429 Too Many RequestsPatch
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