CVE-2023-6082 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The chartjs WordPress plugin through 2023.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Published: 2024-02-12

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

chartjs

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2023.2`	affected	≤ 2023.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:chartjs_project:chartjs:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0039.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://lynk.nl/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c3d43aac-66c8-4218-b3f0-5256f895eda3/

History

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Chartjs Project Chartjs Project chartjs
Weaknesses		CWE-79
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:chartjs_project:chartjs::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products		Chartjs Project Chartjs Project chartjs

Subscriptions

Chartjs Project Chartjs

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-02-12T16:06:00.479Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.294Z

Reserved: 2023-11-10T19:55:07.437Z

Link: CVE-2023-6082

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.294Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-12T16:15:08.120

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:50:00.533

Link: CVE-2023-6082

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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