CVE-2023-3169

MEDIUM EXPLOITED NUCLEI

tagDiv Composer < 4.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REST Route

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2023-3169 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). A Nuclei detection template is also available.

Description

The tagDiv Composer WordPress plugin before 4.2, used as a companion by the Newspaper and Newsmag themes from tagDiv, does not have authorisation in a REST route and does not validate as well as escape some parameters when outputting them back, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Nuclei Templates (1)

tagDiv Composer < 4.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
HIGHVERIFIEDby ritikchaddha
FOFA: body="/wp-content/plugins/td-composer"

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit vdb-entry technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e6d8216d-ace4-48ba-afca-74da0dc5abb5

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0159
EPSS Percentile 72.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2023-12-19
Status published
Products (1)
tagdiv/tagdiv_composer < 4.2
Published Sep 11, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026