FKIE_CVE-2023-4970

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-11-20 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:39
Severity
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The PubyDoc WordPress plugin through 2.0.6 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
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/845bbfdd-fe9f-487c-91a0-5fe10403d8a2Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/845bbfdd-fe9f-487c-91a0-5fe10403d8a2Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pubydoc pubydoc *
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  "affected": [
    {
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        {
          "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "product": "PubyDoc",
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "versions": [
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:pubydoc:pubydoc:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
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              "versionEndIncluding": "2.0.6",
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            }
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          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "descriptions": [
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      "value": "The PubyDoc WordPress plugin through 2.0.6 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"
    },
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      "value": "El complemento PubyDoc para WordPress hasta la versi\u00f3n 2.0.6 no sanitiza ni escapa a algunas de sus configuraciones, lo que podr\u00eda permitir a usuarios con privilegios elevados, como el administrador, realizar ataques de Cross Site Scripting incluso cuando unfiltered_html no est\u00e1 permitido."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-4970",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:39:00.450",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 4.8,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.7,
        "impactScore": 2.7,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary"
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  "published": "2023-11-20T19:15:09.580",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "contact@wpscan.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
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    }
  ]
}



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