Vulnerability · Published Jan 24, 2023 · Assigned by tenable

CVE-2023-0448

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in WP Helper Lite Wordpress Plugin. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 42.9% (higher than 99% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)42.9%top 1.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

The WP Helper Lite WordPress plugin, in versions < 4.3, returns all GET parameters unsanitized in the response, resulting in a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a WP Helper Lite Wordpress Plugin All versions prior to version 4.3

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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