What is CVE-2023-6970?

CVE-2023-6970 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bootstrapped Wp Recipe Maker, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-01-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-6970?

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

Is CVE-2023-6970 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Bootstrapped Wp Recipe Maker

CVE-2023-6970

The WP Recipe Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘Referer' header in all versions up to, and including, 9.1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.4th 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

Bootstrapped Wp_recipe_maker
Brechtvds Wp Recipe Maker — 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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6970?: CVE-2023-6970 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bootstrapped Wp Recipe Maker, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-01-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-6970?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-6970 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.