CVE-2023-23884

WordPress Kanban Boards for WordPress Plugin <= 2.5.20 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Severity Score

4.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kanban for WordPress Kanban Boards for WordPress plugin <= 2.5.20 versions.

The Kanban Boards for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 2.5.21 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Kanban for WordPress Kanban Boards for WordPress plugin <= 2.5.20 versions.

*Credits: yuyudhn (Patchstack Alliance)

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Multiple

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-01-19 CVE Reserved
2023-03-20 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

CAPEC-592: Stored XSS

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/kanban/wordpress-kanban-boards-for-wordpress-plugin-2-5-20-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

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URL	Date	SRC

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kanbanwp Search vendor "Kanbanwp"		Kanban Boards For Wordpress Search vendor "Kanbanwp" for product "Kanban Boards For Wordpress"				<= 2.5.20 Search vendor "Kanbanwp" for product "Kanban Boards For Wordpress" and version " <= 2.5.20"		wordpress		Affected