CVE-2023-37993 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-37993: WordPress wpShopGermany IT-RECHT KANZLEI Plugin <= 1.7 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Maennchen1.De

Product wpShopGermany IT-RECHT KANZLEI

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published July 27, 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. Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in maennchen1.De wpShopGermany IT-RECHT KANZLEI plugin <= 1.7 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

wpShopGermany IT-RECHT KANZLEI versions 1.7 and earlier contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated admin user with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other users visiting the site. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the integrity and confidentiality of site data.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they visit the site.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

A malicious admin can steal session tokens, modify site content, or redirect users to phishing pages.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

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

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

July 27, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37993 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-2023-37993

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 5.9 / MEDIUM

Affected versions