Survey Maker Plugin up to 3.4.6 on WordPress Attribute cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Survey Maker Plugin up to 3.4.6 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Attribute Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-2572. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Survey Maker Plugin up to 3.4.6 on WordPress (Survey Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component Attribute Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Survey Maker WordPress plugin before 3.4.7 does not escape some parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

The weakness was presented 06/05/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-2572 since 05/08/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.4.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Survey Maker Plugin 3.4.7

Timelineinfo

05/08/2023 🔍
06/05/2023 +28 days 🔍
06/05/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/25/2025 +690 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-2572 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-2572
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230703

Entryinfo

Created: 06/05/2023 17:54
Updated: 04/25/2025 21:11
Changes: 06/05/2023 17:54 (41), 06/30/2023 09:00 (11), 01/08/2025 20:01 (26), 04/25/2025 21:11 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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