CVE-2023-6923

The Matomo Analytics – Ethical Stats. Powerful Insights. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the idsite parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.15.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3031495%40matomo&new=3031495%40matomo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2e2d54eb-c176-49c4-a4fc-833e17189cad?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3031495%40matomo&new=3031495%40matomo&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=	Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2e2d54eb-c176-49c4-a4fc-833e17189cad?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:matomo:matomo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-02-29 01:42

Updated : 2025-04-01 15:25

NVD link : CVE-2023-6923

Mitre link : CVE-2023-6923

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-6923

JSON object : View

Products Affected

matomo

matomo

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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