Is CVE-2023-2779 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-2779 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-2779?

CVE-2023-2779 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-2779?

CVE-2023-2779 has an EPSS score of 5.99% (92th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-2779?

Upgrade social share\, social login and social comments to 7.13.52 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-2779

MEDIUMEPSS 92th pctl

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments WordPress plugin before 7.13.52 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

How to fix

Remediation Available

social share\, social login and social commentsNVD

Affected:< 7.13.52Fixed in:7.13.52CVE-2023-2779derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

5.99%probability of exploitation in 30 days

92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Other references1

wpscan.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-12-12.