CVE-2023-3746

The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not sanitize and escape some data from post content, which could allow contributor and above role to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c15a6032-6495-47a8-828c-37e55ed9665a	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c15a6032-6495-47a8-828c-37e55ed9665a	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:automattic:activitypub:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c15a6032-6495-47a8-828c-37e55ed9665a - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c15a6032-6495-47a8-828c-37e55ed9665a - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

07 Nov 2023, 04:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-79~~

18 Oct 2023, 17:57

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Automattic Automattic activitypub
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:automattic:activitypub::::::wordpress::*
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.4
References	~~(MISC) https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c15a6032-6495-47a8-828c-37e55ed9665a -~~	(MISC) https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c15a6032-6495-47a8-828c-37e55ed9665a - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

16 Oct 2023, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-10-16 20:15

Updated : 2025-04-23 17:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-3746

Mitre link : CVE-2023-3746

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-3746

JSON object : View

Products Affected

automattic

activitypub

CWE

No CWE.

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