VDB-249527 · CVE-2023-6981 · GCVE-0-2023-6981

WP SMS Plugin up to 6.5 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP SMS Plugin up to 6.5 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-6981. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WP SMS Plugin up to 6.5 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The WP SMS – Messaging & SMS Notification for WordPress, WooCommerce, GravityForms, etc plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'group_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. This can leveraged to achieve Reflected Cross-site Scripting.

The weakness was disclosed 01/02/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-6981 since 12/20/2023. 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Name

WP SMS Plugin

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

VulDB Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Temp Score: 2.3
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NVD Base Score: 4.9
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CNA Base Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

12/20/2023 🔍
01/02/2024 +13 days 🔍
01/02/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/11/2026 +830 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 6656de201efe67c7983102c344a546eed976a819
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-6981 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6981
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-249527

Entryinfo

Created: 01/02/2024 19:56
Updated: 04/11/2026 13:36
Changes: 01/02/2024 19:56 (37), 01/23/2024 08:20 (3), 01/23/2024 08:23 (21), 12/17/2024 20:08 (22), 04/20/2025 22:04 (4), 04/11/2026 13:36 (1)
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