MainWP Dashboard <= 4.5.1.2 - Authenticated(Administrator+) CSS Injection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The MainWP Dashboard – WordPress Manager for Multiple Websites Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CSS Injection via the ‘newColor’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary CSS values into the site tags.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6164
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-666g-9c82-3mm3
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-6164 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6164 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-666g-9c82-3mm3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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