Vulnerability · Published Jul 10, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2023-1119Multiple Plugins - Cross-Site Scripting From Third-party Library

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in SrbTransLatin from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 30.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

The WP-Optimize WordPress plugin before 3.2.13, SrbTransLatin WordPress plugin before 2.4.1 use a third-party library that removes the escaping on some HTML characters, leading to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	WP-Optimize	0 – before 3.2.13
Unknown	SrbTransLatin	0 – before 2.4.1

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2e78735a-a7fc-41fe-8284-45bf451eff06 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description