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2 vulnerabilities found for Restrict Usernames Emails Characters by Unknown
CVE-2023-6165 (GCVE-0-2023-6165)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-01-29 14:44 – Updated: 2025-05-29 15:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Restrict Usernames Emails Characters Plugin < 3.1.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Restrict Usernames Emails Characters WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aba62286-9a82-4d… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
| https://github.com/youki992/youki992.github.io/bl… |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Restrict Usernames Emails Characters |
Affected:
0 , < 3.1.4
(semver)
|
Credits
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CVE-2023-6165 (GCVE-0-2023-6165)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-29 14:44 – Updated: 2025-05-29 15:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Restrict Usernames Emails Characters Plugin < 3.1.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Restrict Usernames Emails Characters WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aba62286-9a82-4d… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
| https://github.com/youki992/youki992.github.io/bl… |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Restrict Usernames Emails Characters |
Affected:
0 , < 3.1.4
(semver)
|
Credits
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