CVE-2023-1080 is a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the GN Publisher plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 1.5.5. This flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the ‘tab’ parameter, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for limited impact on confidentiality and integrity if a user is tricked into clicking a malicious link. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for detection, and the CVE has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnpublisher:gn_publisher:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.