CVE-2023-6164

MEDIUM EPSS 31.3%
Published Nov 22, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.8 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Nov 22, 2023 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The MainWP Dashboard – WordPress Manager for Multiple Websites Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSS Injection via the ‘newColor’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary CSS values into the site tags.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.8
Exploitability
1.7
Impact
2.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
31.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-74
CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
mainwpmainwp* ≤4.5.1.2

References 2

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/mainwp/tags/4.5.1.2&old=2996628&new_path=/mainwp/tags/4.5.1.3&new=2996628&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    Patch
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/73980a90-bb17-46e4-a0ea-691f80500fe3?source=cve
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/mainwp/tags/4.5.1.2&old=2996628&new_path=/mainwp/tags/4.5.1.3&new=2996628&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    Patch