CVE-2023-7194 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Meris WordPress theme through 1.1.2 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in the page, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Meris Wp Theme Project	Meris Wp Theme

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e20292af-939a-4cb1-91e4-5ff6aa0c7fbe

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-22T19:14:25.885Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:22:19.895Z

Reserved: 2024-01-01T13:25:37.511Z

Link: CVE-2023-7194

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:57:35.884Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-22T20:15:47.833

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:15:28.730

Link: CVE-2023-7194

Redhat

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