{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0422 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0422 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-0422 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Article Directory, 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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0422 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-0422 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Article Directory, 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.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0422 exists.\n\nAffected product: Unknown Article Directory. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0422/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0422/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-0422","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0422/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-0422","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-xhhx-vhgj-8jwx"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Administrators can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Article Directory plugin, potentially compromising other admin accounts in multisite environments.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"WPScan","cpe":[{"product":"article_directory","vendor":"article_directory_project"}],"cvss":{"score":4.8,"severity":"medium","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"The Article Directory WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not properly sanitize the `publish_terms_text` setting before displaying it in the administration panel, which may enable administrators to conduct Stored XSS attacks in multisite contexts.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Article Directory \u003c= 1.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2023-0422","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress Amazon S3 Plugin \u003c 1.6 - Reflected XSS","id":"CVE-2023-0423"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cloud Manager \u003c= 1.0 - Reflected XSS","id":"CVE-2023-0421"},"products":["Article Directory"],"published":"2023-04-10","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-05-05","vendors":["Unknown"]},"summary":"Administrators can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Article Directory plugin, potentially compromising other admin accounts in multisite environments.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0422/"}