CVE-2023-31220
WP Categories Widget <= 2.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
6.1
CVSS Score
6.1
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
2.3
Patched in
166d
Time to patch
Description
The WP Categories Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters in the wcw_terms_list() function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=2.2PublishedAugust 10, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginwp-categories-widget
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