What is CVE-2023-2031?

CVE-2023-2031 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plainware Locatoraid, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2023-2031?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-2031 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Plainware Locatoraid

CVE-2023-2031

The Locatoraid Store Locator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcode(s) in versions up to, and including, 3.9.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (39.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Plainware Locatoraid
Plainware Locatoraid Store Locator — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2031?: CVE-2023-2031 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plainware Locatoraid, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-2031?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2031 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.