Themeum WP Crowdfunding Plugin up to 2.1.9 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Themeum WP Crowdfunding Plugin up to 2.1.9 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-6163. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Themeum WP Crowdfunding Plugin up to 2.1.9 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

The WP Crowdfunding WordPress plugin before 2.1.10 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)

The weakness was presented 01/15/2024 by Bob Matyas. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-6163 since 11/15/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 2.1.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WP Crowdfunding Plugin 2.1.10

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11/15/2023 🔍
01/15/2024 +61 days 🔍
01/15/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/10/2025 +511 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Bob Matyas
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-6163 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-6163
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250748

Entryinfo

Created: 01/15/2024 16:47
Updated: 06/10/2025 00:22
Changes: 01/15/2024 16:47 (43), 02/03/2024 13:45 (11), 06/10/2025 00:22 (16)
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