CVE-2023-0375 Easy Affiliate Links < 3.7.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Contributors can inject malicious scripts via block options, leading to stored XSS attacks against site visitors.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-0375?
CVE-2023-0375 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Easy Affiliate Links, published on 21 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Easy Affiliate Links WordPress plugin before 3.7.1 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embedded, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0375?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bootstrapped Easy Affiliate Links.
How do I fix CVE-2023-0375?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0375 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2023-0375 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0375 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c7gh-cqxp-26p6.