Vk All In One Expansion UnitWordPress extension · Vektor Inc
CVE-2023-27926
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 · uneditedCross-site scripting vulnerability in Profile setting function of VK All in One Expansion Unit 9.88.1.0 and earlier allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script.
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 · high confidenceCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Profile settings function of VK All in One Expansion Unit WordPress plugin versions 9.88.1.0 and earlier. An authenticated remote attacker can inject malicious JavaScript code through profile settings fields that are not properly sanitized before being rendered.
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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
Vk All In One Expansion UnitWordPress extension
< 9.88.2.0CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed plugin versionNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, locate 'VK All in One Expansion Unit' and note the version number displayedAffected if The version listed is 9.88.1.0 or earlier, meaning it is prior to the patched version 9.88.2.0
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Verify Profile settings accessCheck if the VK All in One Expansion Unit Profile settings page is accessible in the WordPress admin under the plugin settings menu (usually under VK All in One Expansion Unit > Profile Settings)Affected if The Profile settings page is accessible and active in the installation
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Confirm user profile functionality is enabledInspect whether the plugin's profile-related features are enabled - this includes any settings that allow users to edit their profile information or registration fields through the pluginAffected if Profile editing or user registration features provided by the plugin are enabled and accessible to authenticated users
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Inspect profile field output for encodingCreate a test user or use an existing account, add JavaScript-suspicious characters (such as <script> or javascript: alerts) into profile fields like display name or bio, then view the profile page source to check if the characters are properly escaped or encodedAffected if The profile fields render the input without proper HTML encoding, displaying raw script tags or unescaped special characters in the page source
A user is affected if the VK All in One Expansion Unit plugin version is 9.88.1.0 or earlier AND the Profile settings feature is enabled, allowing unauthenticated or authenticated users to inject unsanitized JavaScript through profile fields.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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 · scoped9.88.2.0
Update VK All in One Expansion Unit to a version newer than 9.88.1.0, or apply vendor patch that adds proper input sanitization and output encoding for all profile-related user inputs.
9.88.2.0 or later
- Backup the WordPress site before updating
- Update VK All In One Expansion Unit plugin to version 9.88.2.0 or later via the WordPress admin dashboard (Plugins > Add New > Upload or search for the plugin and click Update), or via wp-cli: wp plugin update vk-all-in-one-expansion-unit
- Verify the update completed successfully and the plugin version is 9.88.2.0 or higher
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-27926 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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