The7WordPress extension · Dream Theme
CVE-2023-29100
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 Dream-Theme The7 plugin <= 11.6.0 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 Dream-Theme The7 plugin versions 11.6.0 and below allows attackers to inject malicious scripts through unsanitized user input, likely via a URL parameter that gets reflected in the page response without proper output encoding.
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
The7WordPress extension
<= 11.6.0CVSS 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
- 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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Check The7 plugin version in WordPressNavigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in the WordPress admin dashboard and locate 'The7 , Dream Theme'. The version number is displayed below the plugin name. Alternatively, inspect the file /wp-content/plugins/dt-the7/readme.txt and look for the 'Stable tag:' or 'Version:' entry.Affected if The displayed version is 11.6.0 or lower (for example, 11.5.0, 11.4.0, etc.)
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Verify WordPress admin accessLog into the WordPress admin dashboard at /wp-admin/ with administrator credentials. Confirm the The7 theme or plugin is active by checking Appearance > Themes or the Plugins list.Affected if The The7 theme/plugin is currently active and the version cannot be determined or is confirmed as <= 11.6.0
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Identify potential reflected parameter vectorsReview the HTTP response when visiting common The7 shortcode or widget URLs. Typical reflection points include search parameters, pagination parameters, or filter parameters in URLs like ?s=, ?paged=, or custom query strings used by The7 elements. Use browser developer tools (Network tab) to capture and inspect the response body for unsanitized output.Affected if User-supplied input from a URL parameter is reflected in the HTML response without proper encoding (visible as raw user input appearing in the page source)
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Check server access logs for suspicious requestsExamine the web server access log (typically found in /var/log/nginx/access.log or /var/log/apache2/access.log) for GET requests to the site that contain script tags or XSS payloads in the query string. Search for patterns like %3Cscript%3E or <script> within URL parameters.Affected if Logs show requests with XSS injection patterns targeting parameters that The7 processes, especially if the server responded with HTTP 200 to those requests
A user is affected if the installed The7 plugin version is 11.6.0 or lower and the vulnerable parameter reflection point is accessible without authentication on the site.
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.
From vendor dataUpdate The7 plugin to a version newer than 11.6.0, as the vendor has addressed the XSS vulnerability in later releases.
Fix this in The7
Scoped from the published advisory
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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-2023-29100 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- 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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