What is CVE-2023-6524?

CVE-2023-6524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chrisvrichardson Mappress Maps For Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-01-03.

How severe is CVE-2023-6524?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-6524 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Chrisvrichardson Mappress Maps For Wordpress

CVE-2023-6524

The MapPress Maps for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the map title parameter in all versions up to and including 2.88.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This make…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (41.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Chrisvrichardson Mappress Maps For Wordpress — versions 0
Mappresspro Mappress

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 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6524?: CVE-2023-6524 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chrisvrichardson Mappress Maps For Wordpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-01-03.
How severe is CVE-2023-6524?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6524 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.