{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40206 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40206 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-40206 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in hwk-fr WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post, published on 4 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-2023-40206 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-40206 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in hwk-fr WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post, published on 4 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-2023-40206 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: hwk-fr WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post. 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-2023-40206/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40206/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-40206","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40206/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-40206","record":{"aliases":["CVE-2023-6079","GHSA-r4vm-5p2q-cpjc"],"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":"Administrators can inject malicious scripts via the WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"wp_404_auto_redirect_to_similar_post","vendor":"hwk"}],"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 hwk-fr WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post plugin \u003c= 1.0.3 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 WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post Plugin \u003c= 1.0.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-40206","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 Donations Made Easy – Smart Donations Plugin \u003c= 4.0.12 is vulnerable to SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2023-40207"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress PixTypes Plugin \u003c= 1.4.15 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-40205"},"products":["WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post"],"published":"2023-09-04","related":[{"cvss_score":6.1,"headline":"WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post \u003c= 1.0.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via request","id":"CVE-2024-0509","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-05"}],"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":["hwk-fr"]},"summary":"Administrators can inject malicious scripts via the WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40206/"}