WordPress security changelog
LOW CVE-2023-6164 Modified

MainWP Dashboard – WordPress Manager for Multiple Websites Maintenance: A security weakness

MainWP Dashboard – WordPress Manager for Multiple Websites Maintenance is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least administrator-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 2.2 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score 4.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
MainWP Dashboard – WordPress Manager for Multiple Websites Maintenance
Plugin slug
mainwp
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Nov 22, 2023
Weakness
CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Nov 22, 2023 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update MainWP Dashboard – WordPress Manager for Multiple Websites Maintenance to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

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.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources