SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2023-5560

The WP-UserOnline WordPress plugin before 2.88.3 does not sanitise and escape the X-Forwarded-For header before outputting its content on the page, which allows unauthenticated users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.51%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The WP-UserOnline WordPress plugin before 2.88.3 does not sanitise and escape the X-Forwarded-For header before outputting its content on the page, which allows unauthenticated users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

CVSS 3.1
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.51% probability · 42th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
lesterchan/wp-useronline
Source
contact@wpscan.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.