CVE-2023-6165

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

T

he Restrict Usernames Emails Characters WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/youki992/youki992.github.io/blob/master/others/apply2.md	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aba62286-9a82-4d5b-9b47-1fddde5da487/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/youki992/youki992.github.io/blob/master/others/apply2.md	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aba62286-9a82-4d5b-9b47-1fddde5da487/	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:benaceur-php:restrict_usernames_emails_characters:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:43

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://github.com/youki992/youki992.github.io/blob/master/others/apply2.md - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/youki992/youki992.github.io/blob/master/others/apply2.md - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aba62286-9a82-4d5b-9b47-1fddde5da487/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aba62286-9a82-4d5b-9b47-1fddde5da487/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2024-01-29 15:15

Updated : 2025-05-29 15:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-6165

Mitre link : CVE-2023-6165

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-6165

JSON object : View

Products Affected

benaceur-php

restrict_usernames_emails_characters

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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