CVE-2023-47848

WordPress Tainacan Plugin <= 0.20.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Tainacan.Org Tainacan allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Tainacan: from n/a through 0.20.4.

Neutralización inadecuada de la entrada durante la vulnerabilidad de generación de páginas web ('Cross-site Scripting') en Tainacan.Org Tainacan permite XSS Reflejado. Este problema afecta a Tainacan: desde n/a hasta 0.20.4.

The Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 0.20.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

*Credits: Dimas Maulana (Patchstack Alliance)

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-11-13 CVE Reserved
2023-11-20 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-591: Reflected XSS

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/tainacan/wordpress-tainacan-plugin-0-20-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Tainacan Search vendor "Tainacan"		Tainacan Search vendor "Tainacan" for product "Tainacan"				<= 0.20.4 Search vendor "Tainacan" for product "Tainacan" and version " <= 0.20.4"		wordpress		Affected