CVE-2023-23831 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Rating-Widget Rating-Widget: Star Review System plugin <= 3.1.9 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Rating-widget	Ratingwidget

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:rating-widget:ratingwidget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/pentest
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/rating-widget/wordpress-rating-widget-star-review-system-plugin-3-1-9-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-06-13T13:40:01.290Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:03.271Z

Reserved: 2023-01-18T09:27:52.548Z

Link: CVE-2023-23831

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:42:27.042Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-13T15:15:12.523

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:46:54.910

Link: CVE-2023-23831

Redhat

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