# CVE-2023-3510: FTP Access <= 1.0 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS

> Authenticated users can inject stored XSS payloads into FTP Access plugin settings, which execute when an admin views the configuration page.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-885j-fh9c-4cgv

## What is CVE-2023-3510?

CVE-2023-3510 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown FTP Access, published on 11 Sep 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 FTP Access WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating its settings and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping in them, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to update them with XSS payloads, which will be triggered when an admin will view the settings of the plugin. The attack could also be perform via CSRF against any authenticated user.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3510?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Danialhatami Ftp Access.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-3510?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3510 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-3510 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3510 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-3510 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-3510 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown FTP Access, published on 11 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3510 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown FTP Access. 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-2023-3510/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3510/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3510
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3510
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3510

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3510/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.