What is CVE-2023-6806?

CVE-2023-6806 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cifi Starbox – The Author Box For Humans, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-02-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-6806?

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

Is CVE-2023-6806 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Cifi Starbox – The Author Box For Humans

CVE-2023-6806

The Starbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Job Settings user profile fields in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it po…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (34.2th 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

Cifi Starbox – The Author Box For Humans — versions 0
Squirrly Starbox

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6806?: CVE-2023-6806 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cifi Starbox – The Author Box For Humans, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-02-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-6806?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6806 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.