# CVE-2023-0157: All-In-One Security (AIOS) < 5.1.5 - Admin+ Stored XSS

> An admin can inject malicious JavaScript into log files, leading to stored XSS execution when other admins view the plugin page.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 11 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jqhc-cx3v-qvf6

## What is CVE-2023-0157?

CVE-2023-0157 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown All-In-One Security (AIOS), published on 10 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The All-In-One Security (AIOS) WordPress plugin before 5.1.5 does not escape the content of log files before outputting it to the plugin admin page, allowing an authorized user (admin+) to plant bogus log files containing malicious JavaScript code that will be executed in the context of any administrator visiting this page.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0157?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Updraftplus All-in-One Security.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0157?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0157 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0157 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0157 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Repository for CVE-2023-0157 vulnerability.  (github_poc): https://github.com/b0marek/CVE-2023-0157

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown All-In-One Security (AIOS)

- [CVE-2024-1037](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1037/): All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall <= 5.2.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-4346](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4346/): All In One WP Security & Firewall < 5.1.3 - Configuration Leak (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2022-4097](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4097/): All In One WP Security & Firewall < 5.0.8 - IP Spoofing (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-0156](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0156/): All-In-One Security (AIOS) < 5.1.5 - Admin+ Arbitrary File/Folder Access via Traversal (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0157 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0157 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown All-In-One Security (AIOS), published on 10 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0157 exists.

Affected product: Unknown All-In-One Security (AIOS). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0157/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0157/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0157
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0157
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0157

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0157/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.