Administrator script execution via unescaped query parameters
Published Apr 17, 2023 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
Reflected XSS in RexTheme WP VR before 8.2.9 allows remote attackers to execute scripts in an administrator's browser via crafted URLs. The active_tab, scene, and hotspot values on wp-admin/post-new.php are returned into the page without adequate sanitization or output escaping. Exploitation requires an administrator to open the attacker-supplied link; successful script execution can read or alter data available to that browser session.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in RexTheme WP VR before 8.2.9 allows remote attackers to execute scripts in an administrator's browser via crafted URLs. The active_tab, scene, and hotspot values on wp-admin/post-new.php are returned into the page without adequate sanitization or output escaping. Exploitation requires an administrator to open the attacker-supplied link; successful script execution can read or alter data available to that browser session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-1413
- Published
- Apr 17, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- RexTheme
- Product
- WP VR
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 17, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <8.2.9
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What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan crafted administrator-page URL proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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