CVE-2023-49839
Published: 26 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-49839 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-53747
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in KlbTheme Cosmetsy theme (core plugin), KlbTheme Partdo theme (core plugin), KlbTheme Bacola theme (core plugin), KlbTheme Medibazar theme (core plugin), KlbTheme Furnob theme (core plugin), KlbTheme Clotya theme…
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(core plugin) allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Cosmetsy theme (core plugin): from n/a through 1.3.0; Partdo theme (core plugin): from n/a through 1.0.9; Bacola theme (core plugin): from n/a through 1.3.3; Medibazar theme (core plugin): from n/a through 1.2.3; Furnob theme (core plugin): from n/a through 1.1.7; Clotya theme (core plugin): from n/a through 1.1.5.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.