PT-2023-16652 · WordPress · Watu Quiz

Marco Wotschka · Published 2023-03-03 · Updated 2023-03-09 · CVE-2023-0968

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Watu Quiz plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 3.3.9

Description The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the dn, email, points, and date parameters. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 3.3.9, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the parameters dn, email, points, and date to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-0968

Affected Products

Watu Quiz

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0968 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0968 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6341bdcc-c99f-40c3-81c4-ad90ff19f802 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6341bdcc-c99f-40c3-81c4-ad90ff19f802?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/watu/trunk/views/takings.php#L31 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/blog/2023/03/multiple-reflected-cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-three-wordpress-plugins-patched · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/59404 · Telegram Post