CVE-2023-1259

CVSS 3.1 Score 4.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Oct 14, 2023
Updated: Nov 7, 2023
CWE ID 79

Summary

The vulnerability with the CVE ID CVE-2023-1259 affects the Hotjar plugin for WordPress in versions up to and including 1.0.15. It is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that occurs due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts on pages, which will execute when a user accesses those pages. This vulnerability specifically affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. To remediate this vulnerability, users should update their Hotjar plugin to a version that addresses this issue. The potential danger posed by this vulnerability is that it can be exploited by attackers to execute malicious scripts on vulnerable websites, potentially compromising user data or spreading malware.

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