GigPress <= 2.3.29 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
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 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The GigPress WordPress plugin through 2.3.29 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Why it matters now
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 | GigPress | up to 2.3.29 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- GigPress VendorUnknown Affected up to 2.3.29 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-7233
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jwrr-v799-mj78
References
More Tri Gigpress vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-00365 GigPress <= 2.3.28 - Subscriber+ SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-04355 GigPress < 2.3.28 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2015-03427 Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in admin/handlers.php in the GigPress plugin… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2015-07730 The gigpress plugin before 2.3.11 for WordPress has SQL injection in the admin area, a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2015-07731 The gigpress plugin before 2.3.11 for WordPress has XSS. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2023-7233 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-7233 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jwrr-v799-mj78 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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