CVE-2023-47516 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Stark Digital Category Post List Widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Category Post List Widget: from n/a through 2.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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
Starkdigital	Category Post List Widget

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:starkdigital:category_post_list_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/category-post-list-widget/wordpress-category-post-list-widget-plugin-2-0-csrf-to-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Stark Digital Category Post List Widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Category Post List Widget: from n/a through 2.0.	Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Stark Digital Category Post List Widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Category Post List Widget: from n/a through 2.0.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-11-13T03:57:12.015Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:49.534Z

Reserved: 2023-11-06T08:35:52.297Z

Link: CVE-2023-47516

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:09:37.125Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-13T04:15:08.287

Modified: 2026-04-28T19:21:52.523

Link: CVE-2023-47516

Redhat

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