CVE-2023-49743 WordPress Dashboard Widgets Suite Plugin <= 3.4.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

2023-12-1414:37:54

CWE-79

Patchstack

www.cve.org

cve-2023-49743

cross site scripting

wordpress

CVSS3

5.9

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS

Percentile

14.0%

JSON

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’) vulnerability in Jeff Starr Dashboard Widgets Suite allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Dashboard Widgets Suite: from n/a through 3.4.1.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "packageName": "dashboard-widgets-suite",
    "product": "Dashboard Widgets Suite",
    "vendor": "Jeff Starr",
    "versions": [
      {
        "changes": [
          {
            "at": "3.4.2",
            "status": "unaffected"
          }
        ],
        "lessThanOrEqual": "3.4.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "n/a",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/dashboard-widgets-suite/wordpress-dashboard-widgets-suite-plugin-3-4-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve