PT-2023-31700 · Automattic · Automattic Wordpress.Com Editing Toolkit

Rafie Muhammad · Published 2023-12-29 · Updated 2024-01-05 · CVE-2023-50879

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Automattic WordPress.Com Editing Toolkit versions from n/a through 3.78784

Description The issue affects the Automattic WordPress.Com Editing Toolkit, allowing Stored XSS due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation. This is a Cross-site Scripting vulnerability.

Recommendations For versions from n/a through 3.78784, update to a version that fixes the improper neutralization of input during web page generation to prevent Stored XSS attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-50879

Affected Products

Automattic Wordpress.Com Editing Toolkit

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50879 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1740710603201867878 · Twitter Post
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/full-site-editing/wordpress-wordpress-com-editing-toolkit-plugin-3-78784-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/73956 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1740729040279933005 · Twitter Post