CVE-2023-3356 (GCVE-0-2023-3356)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-08-30 14:21 – Updated: 2024-10-01 18:32
VLAI
Title
Subscribers Text Counter < 1.7.1 - Settings Update via CSRF to Stored XSS
Summary
The Subscribers Text Counter WordPress plugin before 1.7.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack, which also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93faad5b-e1e8-4e… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Subscribers Text Counter Affected: 0 , < 1.7.1 (custom)
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Credits
Pallab Jyoti Borah WPScan
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