PT-2023-31302 · WordPress · Pubydoc Wordpress Plugin

Vaishnav Rajeevan · Published 2023-11-20 · Updated 2023-11-24 · CVE-2023-4970

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PubyDoc WordPress plugin versions 2.0.6 and earlier

Description The issue allows high privilege users, such as admins, to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This is possible because the plugin does not properly sanitise and escape some of its settings, even when unfiltered html is disallowed.

Recommendations For PubyDoc WordPress plugin versions 2.0.6 and earlier, update to a version that properly sanitises and escapes its settings to prevent Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-4970

Affected Products

Pubydoc Wordpress Plugin

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/845bbfdd-fe9f-487c-91a0-5fe10403d8a2 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4970 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4970 · Security Note