Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5653

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 27 November 2023

Published
27 November 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0058 69.3th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5653 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wassup Real Time Analytics Project Wassup Real Time Analytics. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 30.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The WassUp Real Time Analytics WordPress plugin through 1.9.4.5 does not escape IP address provided via some headers before outputting them back in an admin page, allowing unauthenticated users to perform Stored XSS attacks against logged in admins

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

wassup real time analytics project
wassup real time analytics
≤ 1.9.4.5

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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