CVE-2023-0544 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Login Box WordPress plugin through 2.0.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wp Login Box Project	Wp Login Box

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_login_box_project:wp_login_box:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8ef9585f-67d7-4651-977a-fcad113882bd

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-05-08T13:58:06.121Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:08:29.845Z

Reserved: 2023-01-27T12:24:47.741Z

Link: CVE-2023-0544

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:17:49.363Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-08T14:15:11.887

Modified: 2025-05-05T16:15:26.490

Link: CVE-2023-0544

Redhat

No data.

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