CVE-2023-23831 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2023-06-13

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Rating-Widget

Rating-Widget: Star Review System

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 3.1.9

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27917	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.

The EPSS score is 0.00361.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

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Subscriptions

Rating-widget Ratingwidget

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: 2026-06-17T05:38:04.197

Link: CVE-2023-23831

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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