CVE-2023-6495 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the YARPP – Yet Another Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 5.30.9. This flaw, stemming from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allows authenticated administrators to inject malicious web scripts into admin settings. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium) and requires high privileges and user interaction, with potential for low impact on confidentiality and integrity. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, it specifically impacts multi-site WordPress installations or those with unfiltered_html disabled.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.30.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yarpp:yet_another_related_posts_plugin:*:*:*:*:*: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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