CVE-2023-6446

CVSS 3.1 Score 4.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Jan 11, 2024
Updated: Jan 16, 2024
CWE ID 79

Summary

CVE-2023-6446 is a vulnerability in the Calculated Fields Form plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.2.40. It is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's admin settings. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The impact of this vulnerability is low in terms of integrity and confidentiality, and it only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. The risk score for this vulnerability is 27, with a base severity level of MEDIUM. To remediate the vulnerability, users should update their Calculated Fields Form plugin to the latest version available.

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