CVE-2023-50879 is a Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Automattic WordPress.Com Editing Toolkit, affecting versions up to 3.78784. This flaw, categorized as Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79), allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts. With a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), it requires low privileges and user interaction (UI:R) to exploit, potentially leading to limited 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.78784CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:automattic:wordpress.com_editing_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.