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Bubble MenuWordPress extension · Wow Company

CVE-2023-2362

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-06-12
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 1.2.2 / 1.5.1 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The Float menu WordPress plugin before 5.0.2, Bubble Menu WordPress plugin before 3.0.4, Button Generator WordPress plugin before 2.3.5, Calculator Builder WordPress plugin before 1.5.1, Counter Box WordPress plugin before 1.2.2, Floating Button WordPress plugin before 5.3.1, Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.2, Popup Box WordPress plugin before 2.2.2, Side Menu Lite WordPress plugin before 4.0.2, Sticky Buttons WordPress plugin before 3.1.1, Wow Skype Buttons WordPress plugin before 4.0.2, WP Coder WordPress plugin before 2.5.6 do not escape the page parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Bubble MenuWordPress extension
Affected:< 3.0.4
Button GeneratorWordPress extension
Affected:< 2.3.5
Calculator BuilderWordPress extension
Affected:< 1.5.1
Counter BoxWordPress extension
Affected:< 1.2.2
Float MenuWordPress extension
Affected:< 5.0.2
Floating ButtonWordPress extension
Affected:< 5.3.1
Herd EffectsWordPress extension
Affected:< 5.2.2
Popup BoxWordPress extension
Affected:< 2.2.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 1.2.2 / 1.5.1 / 2.2.2 or later
Fixed in 1.2.21.5.12.2.2
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade each affected plugin to its minimum fixed version: Bubble Menu 3.0.4, Button Generator 2.3.5, Calculator Builder 1.5.1, Counter Box 1.2.2, Float Menu 5.0.2, Floating Button 5.3.1, Herd Effects 5.2.2, Popup Box 2.2.2

  1. Identify which of the affected plugins (Bubble Menu, Button Generator, Calculator Builder, Counter Box, Float Menu, Floating Button, Herd Effects, Popup Box) are installed on the WordPress site
  2. For each installed affected plugin, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in the WordPress admin dashboard
  3. Locate the specific plugin and click Update Now if an update is available
  4. Alternatively, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin to manually upload the fixed version if not available in the repository
  5. Update each plugin to its minimum fixed version: Bubble Menu to 3.0.4, Button Generator to 2.3.5, Calculator Builder to 1.5.1, Counter Box to 1.2.2, Float Menu to 5.0.2, Floating Button to 5.3.1, Herd Effects to 5.2.2, Popup Box to 2.2.2
  6. After updating, verify the fix by confirming the page parameter is properly escaped in plugin settings

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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