CVE-2023-4270 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Min Max Control WordPress plugin before 4.6 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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
Codeastrology	Min Max Control

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/04560bf1-676b-46fb-9344-4150862f2686

History

Fri, 02 May 2025 17:15:00 +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: 2023-09-11T19:46:05.206Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T16:52:53.525Z

Reserved: 2023-08-09T10:23:13.759Z

Link: CVE-2023-4270

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:24:03.676Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-11T20:15:11.593

Modified: 2025-05-02T17:15:48.010

Link: CVE-2023-4270

Redhat

No data.

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