Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-23875

Medium

Published: 03 May 2023

Published
03 May 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0021 43.1th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-23875 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Bing Site Verification Plugin Using Meta Tag Project Bing Site Verification Plugin Using Meta Tag. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 43.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Himanshu Bing Site Verification plugin using Meta Tag plugin <= 1.0 versions.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

bing site verification plugin using meta tag project
bing site verification plugin using meta tag
≤ 1.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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