CVE-2023-5609

Seraphinite Accelerator < 2.20.29 - Reflected 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

The Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin before 2.2.29 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

El complemento Seraphinite Accelerator de WordPress anterior a 2.2.29 no sanitiza ni escapa un parámetro antes de devolverlo a la página, lo que genera un ataque de Cross-Site Scripting reflejado que podría usarse contra usuarios con privilegios elevados, como administradores.

The Seraphinite Accelerator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'rt' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.20.28 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: Krzysztof Zając, WPScan

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

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-10-17 CVE Reserved
2023-10-27 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-02 First Exploit
2024-12-22 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aac4bcc8-b826-4165-aed3-f422dd178692	2024-08-02

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
S-sols Search vendor "S-sols"		Seraphinite Accelerator Search vendor "S-sols" for product "Seraphinite Accelerator"				< 2.2.29 Search vendor "S-sols" for product "Seraphinite Accelerator" and version " < 2.2.29"		wordpress		Affected