CVE-2023-0545

Hostel < 1.1.5.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS

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Published Jun 5, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.2 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).

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Hostel

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.1.5.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:hostel:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12590	The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.2 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).

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.442% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b604afc8-61d0-4e98-8950-f3d29f9e9ee1

History

Jan 8, 2025 5:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Kibokolabs Hostel

Weaknesses

No weakness.

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 8, 2025, 5:06 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jun 5, 2023, 1:38 PM
Updated: Jan 8, 2025, 5:06 PM
Reserved: Jan 27, 2023, 12:24 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:17 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 5:17 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:25 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 5, 2023, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:25 AM

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