CVE-2023-34187 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-34187: WordPress Call Now Icon Animate Plugin <= 0.1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Alan Tien

Product Call Now Icon Animate

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published August 30, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Alan Tien Call Now Icon Animate plugin <= 0.1.0 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Call Now Icon Animate version 0.1.0 and earlier contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated user with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they interact with the affected component. The vulnerability requires user interaction to trigger. Impact is limited to low-severity data exposure and site defacement.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers to steal data or modify page content.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Admins with high privileges can inject scripts affecting other users; limited to low-severity data exposure and content modification.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level admin privileges and the victim must click a link or visit a page containing the payload.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

August 30, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34187 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

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