CVE-2023-6141 Essential Real Estate < 4.4.0 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Subscribers can inject malicious scripts via AJAX actions due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

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-2023-6141?

CVE-2023-6141 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Essential Real Estate, published on 8 Jan 2024. 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 Essential Real Estate WordPress plugin before 4.4.0 does not apply proper capability checks on its AJAX actions, which among other things, allow attackers with a subscriber account to conduct Stored XSS attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6141?

It affects 1 product.

Products include G5plus Essential Real Estate.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6141?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6141 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-2023-6141 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6141 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p288-w88f-r2qg.

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