{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38482 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38482 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-38482 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in QualityUnit Post Affiliate Pro, published on 3 Sep 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-2023-38482 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-38482 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in QualityUnit Post Affiliate Pro, published on 3 Sep 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38482 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: QualityUnit Post Affiliate Pro. 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-2023-38482/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38482/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-38482","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38482/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-38482","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-wrcc-62fg-jgrx"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated administrators can inject malicious scripts via the Post Affiliate Pro plugin, potentially leading to session hijacking or site compromise.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"post_affiliate_pro","vendor":"qualityunit"}],"cvss":{"score":5.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in QualityUnit Post Affiliate Pro plugin \u003c= 1.25.0 versions.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress Post Affiliate Pro Plugin \u003c= 1.25.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-38482","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 Instant CSS plugin \u003c= 1.1.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-38483"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress Integration for WooCommerce and Zoho CRM Plugin \u003c 1.3.7 is vulnerable to Open Redirection","id":"CVE-2023-38481"},"products":["Post Affiliate Pro"],"published":"2023-09-03","related":[{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"SQL injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-5630","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-12-17"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-4602","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-10-17"}],"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":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["QualityUnit"]},"summary":"Authenticated administrators can inject malicious scripts via the Post Affiliate Pro plugin, potentially leading to session hijacking or site compromise.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-38482/"}