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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-03-06 11:09

Modified

2025-05-20 10:02

Summary

Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress core and Gutenberg plugin via Navigation Links Block

Details

Auth. Stored (contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress core 6.3 through 6.3.1, from 6.2 through 6.2.2, from 6.1 through 6.1.3, from 6.0 through 6.0.5, from 5.9 through 5.9.7 and Gutenberg plugin <= 16.8.0 versions.

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        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "wordpress",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/wordpress"
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            },
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              "fixed": "6.0.6"
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              "introduced": "6.2.0"
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        }
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    }
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    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
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  "id": "BIT-wordpress-2023-38000",
  "modified": "2025-05-20T10:02:07.006Z",
  "published": "2024-03-06T11:09:07.064Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/gutenberg/wordpress-gutenberg-plugin-16-8-0-contributor-stored-xss-in-navigation-links-block-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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    }
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}

CVE-2023-38000 (GCVE-0-2023-38000)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-13 09:55 – Updated: 2024-08-02 17:23

Title

Auth. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress core and Gutenberg plugin via Navigation Links Block

Summary

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

Patchstack

References

URL

Tags

	https://patchstack.com/articles/wordpress-core-6-…	third-party-advisory
	https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wor…	vdb-entry
	https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/gut…	vdb-entry

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

WordPress.org

WordPress

Affected: 6.3 , ≤ 6.3.1 (custom)
Affected: 6.2 , ≤ 6.2.2 (custom)
Affected: 6.1 , ≤ 6.1.3 (custom)
Affected: 6.0 , ≤ 6.0.5 (custom)
Affected: 5.9 , ≤ 5.9.7 (custom)

Gutenberg Team

Gutenberg

Affected: n/a , ≤ 16.8.0 (custom)

Credits

Rafie Muhammad (Patchstack) Edouard Lamoine (Patchstack)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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