CVE-2023-5560 (GCVE-0-2023-5560)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-27 16:22 – Updated: 2024-11-21 19:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
WP-UserOnline < 2.88.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Summary
The WP-UserOnline WordPress plugin before 2.88.3 does not sanitise and escape the X-Forwarded-For header before outputting its content on the page, which allows unauthenticated users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-21 19:17 UTC
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/55d23184-fc5a-40… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP-UserOnline |
Affected:
0 , < 2.88.3
(semver)
|
guessed |
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