Copysafe Web ProtectionWordPress extension · Artistscope
CVE-2023-29098
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 · uneditedUnauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ArtistScope CopySafe Web Protection plugin <= 3.13 versions.
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 · moderate confidenceUnauthenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ArtistScope CopySafe Web Protection plugin for versions 3.13 and below. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts through unsanitized user input that gets reflected back in HTTP responses.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
Copysafe Web ProtectionWordPress extension
< 3.14CVSS 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
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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Identify the installed version of CopySafe Web ProtectionCheck the plugin version file or header - consult your CMS documentation for plugin version location (often visible in plugin admin panel or version file)Affected if Version is 3.13 or below (anything less than 3.14)
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Verify plugin is exposed via webConfirm the CopySafe Web Protection plugin is active and serving pages on your web serverAffected if The plugin handles HTTP requests and reflects parameters back to users
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Test for reflected parameters in HTTP responsesSend a crafted HTTP request with a test parameter containing a benign string (e.g., ?testparam=TESTREFLECT123) and examine if that value appears verbatim in the response bodyAffected if User-supplied parameter values are reflected back in the HTTP response without encoding or sanitization
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Check if plugin handles unauthenticated requestsSend HTTP requests to CopySafe endpoints without providing authentication credentialsAffected if The plugin processes and reflects user input without requiring authentication
Your environment is affected if CopySafe Web Protection plugin version is 3.13 or below and your server reflects unsanitized user input in HTTP responses to unauthenticated visitors.
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 · scoped3.14
Update the ArtistScope CopySafe Web Protection plugin to a version newer than 3.13, or implement proper input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied parameters.
CopySafe Web Protection 3.14
- Upgrade Copysafe Web Protection to version 3.14 or later to resolve the reflected XSS vulnerability.
- Verify the upgrade by testing the application to confirm the vulnerability is no longer present.
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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- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 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-2023-29098 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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