CVE-2023-4502 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Translate WordPress with GTranslate WordPress plugin before 3.0.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup). This vulnerability affects multiple parameters.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gtranslate	Translate Wordpress With Gtranslate

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gtranslate:translate_wordpress_with_gtranslate:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e4804850-2ac2-4cec-bc27-07ed191d96da

History

Fri, 02 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-09-25T15:56:55.147Z

Updated: 2025-05-02T16:52:03.433Z

Reserved: 2023-08-23T19:52:43.287Z

Link: CVE-2023-4502

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:31:06.502Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-25T16:15:15.217

Modified: 2025-05-02T17:15:48.200

Link: CVE-2023-4502

Redhat

No data.

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