PT-2023-18348 · WordPress · Wp Responsive Tabs

Marco Wotschka · Published 2023-06-09 · Updated 2023-06-16 · CVE-2023-2184

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 WP Responsive Tabs plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.1.15

Description The issue is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the search term parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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 WP Responsive Tabs plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.1.15, update to a version higher than 1.1.15 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the search term parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-2184

Affected Products

Wp Responsive Tabs

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2184 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fe54c37f-1421-48aa-b502-045847d13ae3?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2825016%40responsive-horizontal-vertical-and-accordion-tabs%2Ftags%2F1.1.15&new=2900990%40responsive-horizontal-vertical-and-accordion-tabs%2Ftags%2F1.1.16 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/52432 · Telegram Post