Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-3746

Title: Automattic Activitypub Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-3746.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Oct 16, 2023
Modified Date Apr 23, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.4 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.50%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-3746: The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not sanitize and escape some data from post content, which could allow contributor and above role to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Impacted Vendors

A
automattic 1

Reference Links

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c15a6032-6495-47a8-828c-37e55ed9665a https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c15a6032-6495-47a8-828c-37e55ed9665a
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity MEDIUM
5.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-3746 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.