CVE-2023-6961 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to 4.5.12. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts via the 'Referer' header due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. With a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), exploitation is relatively easy (network vector, low complexity) and can lead to client-side script execution, impacting confidentiality and integrity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0, <= 4.5.12CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:joomunited:wp_meta_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
< 4.5.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joomunited:wp_meta_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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.
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.