CVE-2023-22685 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tips and Tricks HQ, Ruhul Amin Category Specific RSS feed Subscription plugin <= v2.2 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Tipsandtricks-hq	Category Specific Rss Feed Subscription

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tipsandtricks-hq:category_specific_rss_feed_subscription:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/category-specific-rss-feed-menu/wordpress-category-specific-rss-feed-subscription-plugin-v2-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-05-12T15:24:46.330Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:58.981Z

Reserved: 2023-01-06T12:02:56.523Z

Link: CVE-2023-22685

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:13:50.122Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-12T16:15:09.393

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:45:13.030

Link: CVE-2023-22685

Redhat

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