Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress < 1.11.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress WordPress plugin before 1.11.3 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00573 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress (Unknown): 1.11.3
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress | before 1.11.3 | 1.11.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress VendorUnknown Affected before 1.11.3 Fixed in 1.11.3 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:rafflepress:giveaways_and_contests_by_rafflepress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.11.3 | Vulnerable | RafflePress |
- cpe:2.3:a:rafflepress:giveaways_and_contests_by_rafflepress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.11.3 Vulnerable ·RafflePress
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress (Unknown) Fixed in 1.11.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0176
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fqww-44f8-q7w7
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-0176 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-0176 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fqww-44f8-q7w7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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