Vulnerability in Kanbanwp Kanban Boards For WordPress

CVE-2023-0873

The Kanban Boards for WordPress plugin before 2.5.21 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0873?
CVE-2023-0873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kanbanwp Kanban Boards For WordPress, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-0873?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0873 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.