Calculated Fields Form Plugin up to 1.1.150 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Calculated Fields Form Plugin up to 1.1.150 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-0389. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Calculated Fields Form Plugin up to 1.1.150 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code 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 Calculated Fields Form WordPress plugin before 1.1.151 does not sanitise and escape some of its form 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 released 01/16/2024 by Numan Rajkotiya. The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-0389 since 01/18/2023. 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 1.1.151 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: Calculated Fields Form Plugin 1.1.151

Timelineinfo

01/18/2023 🔍
01/16/2024 +363 days 🔍
01/16/2024 +0 days 🔍
06/11/2025 +512 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Numan Rajkotiya
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0389 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0389
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250856

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2024 18:15
Updated: 06/11/2025 23:28
Changes: 01/16/2024 18:15 (42), 02/06/2024 10:10 (11), 06/11/2025 23:28 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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