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)

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (43.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 43.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-0873: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.