PT-2024-12774 · WordPress · Wp Discussion Board

Abdi Pranata · Published 2024-06-04 · Updated 2024-06-04 · CVE-2023-39161

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Discussion Board versions through 2.4.8

Description The issue affects WP Discussion Board, allowing Content Spoofing and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to improper neutralization of script-related HTML tags in a web page. This can lead to basic XSS attacks.

Recommendations For versions through 2.4.8, update to a version later than 2.4.8 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting user input to prevent malicious script injection until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-80

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-39161

Affected Products

Wp Discussion Board

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-39161 · Security Note
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-discussion-board/wordpress-discussion-board-plugin-2-4-8-content-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1797892450599481690 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1797940029282533545 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/81861 · Telegram Post