What is CVE-2023-1614?

CVE-2023-1614 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Custom Author Url Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2023-1614?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-1614 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Wp Custom Author Url Project

CVE-2023-1614

The WP Custom Author URL WordPress plugin before 1.0.5 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).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.6th 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

Wp_custom_author_url_project Wp_custom_author_url
Unknown Wp Custom Author Url — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1614?: CVE-2023-1614 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Custom Author Url Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2023-1614?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-1614 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.