Reported vulnerability

Multiple Themes (Various Versions) - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Search Field

Published 14 Aug 2023

Updated 22 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-2813

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College (theme)

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Wordfence advisory

medium · CVSS 6.1

Multiple themes for WordPress are vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the search field in various versions due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

College

Software
theme · college
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, before 1.5.1
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
1.5.1

Recommended action

Update to version 1.5.1, or a newer patched version

Anfaust

Software
theme · anfaust
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, no upper version specified
Fix availability
No fix reported
Fixed versions
No fixed version specified

Recommended action

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

Brain Power

Software
theme · brain-power
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, no upper version specified
Fix availability
No fix reported
Fixed versions
No fixed version specified

Recommended action

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

BunnyPressLite

Software
theme · bunnypresslite
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, before 2.1
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
2.1

Recommended action

Update to version 2.1, or a newer patched version

Bazaar Lite

Software
theme · bazaar-lite
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, before 1.8.6
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
1.8.6

Recommended action

Update to version 1.8.6, or a newer patched version

Cafe Bistro

Software
theme · cafe-bistro
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, before 1.1.4
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
1.1.4

Recommended action

Update to version 1.1.4, or a newer patched version

Arendelle

Software
theme · arendelle
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, before 1.1.3
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
1.1.3

Recommended action

Update to version 1.1.3, or a newer patched version

Anand

Software
theme · anand
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, no upper version specified
Fix availability
No fix reported
Fixed versions
No fixed version specified

Recommended action

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

Atlast Business

Software
theme · atlast-business
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, no upper version specified
Fix availability
No fix reported
Fixed versions
No fixed version specified

Recommended action

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

Aapna

Software
theme · aapna
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, no upper version specified
Fix availability
No fix reported
Fixed versions
No fixed version specified

Recommended action

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

Further references (1)
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Source: Wordfence

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