CVE-2023-4648 WP Customer Reviews <= 3.6.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject scripts via settings in multi-site or restricted HTML environments, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-4648?
CVE-2023-4648 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in bompus WP Customer Reviews, published on 20 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Customer Reviews plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 3.6.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4648?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gowebsolutions Wp Customer Reviews.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4648?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4648 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-2023-4648 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4648 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in bompus WP Customer Reviews
- CVE-2016-10902 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
- CVE-2021-24135 WP Customer Reviews < 3.4.3 - Multiple Unauthenticated and Low Priv Authenticated Stored XSS
- CVE-2016-10901 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2024-1849 WP Customer Reviews < 3.7.1 - Malicious Redirect via HTTP-EQUIV Injection
- CVE-2021-24296 WP Customer Reviews < 3.5.6 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4grg-q38c-r772.