CVE-2023-2579 InventoryPress <= 1.7 - Author+ Stored XSS
Authors can inject malicious scripts into InventoryPress settings, leading to stored XSS attacks against other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-2579?
CVE-2023-2579 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown InventoryPress, published on 17 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The InventoryPress WordPress plugin through 1.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow users with the role of author and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2579?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Inventorypress Project Inventorypress.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2579?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2579 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-2023-2579 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2579 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j4gg-9rwv-9gxg.