CVE-2023-36692 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-36692: WordPress WP-Cirrus Plugin <= 0.6.11 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Christian Kramer & Hendrik Thole

Product WP-Cirrus

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published August 8, 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 Christian Kramer & Hendrik Thole WP-Cirrus plugin <= 0.6.11 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

WP-Cirrus versions up to 0.6.11 contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows an authenticated administrator to inject malicious scripts. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the site's integrity and confidentiality. An attacker with high-level privileges can craft a malicious request that, when visited by another user, executes arbitrary JavaScript in their browser.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious JavaScript that executes in other users' browsers when they visit a crafted page.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An admin account could be compromised to inject scripts affecting other users' sessions and data.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have administrator privileges and the victim must visit a link or page the attacker controls.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

August 8, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36692 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-36692

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 5.9 / MEDIUM

Affected versions