What is CVE-2023-5653?

CVE-2023-5653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wassup Real Time Analytics Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-11-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-5653?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-5653 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wassup Real Time Analytics Project

CVE-2023-5653

The WassUp Real Time Analytics WordPress plugin through 1.9.4.5 does not escape IP address provided via some headers before outputting them back in an admin page, allowing unauthenticated users to perform Stored XSS attacks against logged in admins

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Wassup_real_time_analytics_project Wassup_real_time_analytics
Unknown Wassup Real Time Analytics — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5653?: CVE-2023-5653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wassup Real Time Analytics Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-5653?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5653 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.