CVE-2023-6503 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Plugin Lister WordPress plugin through 2.1.0 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0009.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Paulgriffinpetty	Wp Plugin Lister

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://magos-securitas.com/txt/CVE-2023-6503.txt
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d95de23-e8f6-4342-b19c-57cd22b2fee2/

History

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-29T14:44:26.055Z

Updated: 2026-01-09T21:04:55.879Z

Reserved: 2023-12-04T18:46:05.528Z

Link: CVE-2023-6503

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:35:14.587Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-29T15:15:09.587

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:43:59.070

Link: CVE-2023-6503

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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