ArtPlacer Widget < 2.21.2 - Stored XSS via CSRF
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The ArtPlacer Widget WordPress plugin before 2.21.2 does not have CSRF check in some places, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack
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 | ArtPlacer Widget | before 2.21.2 | 2.21.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- ArtPlacer Widget VendorUnknown Affected before 2.21.2 Fixed in 2.21.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ArtPlacer Widget (Unknown) Fixed in 2.21.2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
ArtPlacer Widget 2.21.2
2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-06647 ArtPlacer Widget < 2.21.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Widget DeletionPriority MEDIUM 62
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-7269
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w4jg-m5rc-ppx7
References
More Artplacer Widget vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-05849 ArtPlacer Widget < 2.20.7 - Editor+ SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-06647 ArtPlacer Widget < 2.21.2 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Widget Deletion CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-7269 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-7269 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w4jg-m5rc-ppx7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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