CVE-2023-3369
MediumCVSS 4.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk24th percentile - higher than 24% of all known CVEs
Summary
The About Me 3000 widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via admin settings in versions up to and including 2.2.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Risk Assessment
The risk to the organization includes the potential for malicious code injection, which could lead to user data theft or account takeover. This affects multi-site installations and those where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the About Me 3000 plugin to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, conducting a security audit to identify and eliminate potential threats is advisable.
Original NVD description (English source)
The About Me 3000 widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 2.2.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.