CVE-2023-5140 (GCVE-0-2023-5140)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-20 18:55 – Updated: 2024-08-02 07:52
VLAI
Title
Bonus for Woo < 5.8.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Bonus for Woo WordPress plugin before 5.8.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ee1824e8-09a6-47… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Bonus for Woo Affected: 0 , < 5.8.3 (semver)
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Credits
Enrico Marcolini Claudio Marchesini WPScan
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