CVE-2023-1259 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Hotjar WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to and including 1.0.15. This flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization, allowing authenticated administrators to inject malicious web scripts into pages. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hotjar:hotjar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0, <= 1.0.15CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:hotjar:hotjar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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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.