CVE-2023-5980

The BSK Forms Blacklist WordPress plugin before 3.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b621261b-ae18-4853-9ace-7b773810529a	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b621261b-ae18-4853-9ace-7b773810529a	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:bannersky:bsk_forms_blacklist:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:42

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b621261b-ae18-4853-9ace-7b773810529a - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b621261b-ae18-4853-9ace-7b773810529a - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

02 Jan 2024, 20:45

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-79
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 4.8
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:bannersky:bsk_forms_blacklist::::::wordpress::*
First Time		Bannersky Bannersky bsk Forms Blacklist
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b621261b-ae18-4853-9ace-7b773810529a -~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b621261b-ae18-4853-9ace-7b773810529a - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

26 Dec 2023, 20:34

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-12-26 19:15

Updated : 2025-04-17 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-5980

Mitre link : CVE-2023-5980

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-5980

JSON object : View

Products Affected

bannersky

bsk_forms_blacklist

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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