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CVE-2023-6165

MEDIUM

4.8

Description

The Restrict Usernames Emails Characters WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.8

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredHIGH

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published1/29/2024

Last Modified5/29/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

benaceur-php:restrict_usernames_emails_characters

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://github.com/youki992/youki992.github.io/blob/master/others/apply2.md(contact@wpscan.com)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aba62286-9a82-4d5b-9b47-1fddde5da487/(contact@wpscan.com)

https://github.com/youki992/youki992.github.io/blob/master/others/apply2.md(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aba62286-9a82-4d5b-9b47-1fddde5da487/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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