PT-2023-23417 · WordPress · Wp Reroute Email

Alex Thomas · Published 2023-07-12 · Updated 2023-07-19 · CVE-2023-3168

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Reroute Email plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.4.9

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an email subject due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For WP Reroute Email plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.4.9, update to a version higher than 1.4.9 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to email subjects to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-3168

Affected Products

Wp Reroute Email

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3168 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3168 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2933637/wp-reroute-email · Patch
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/66471 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a0e962b-b6a0-4179-91d0-5ede508a9895?source=cve · Note