Baidu Tongji GeneratorWordPress extension · Baidu Tongji Generator Project
CVE-2023-31230
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 Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Haoqisir Baidu Tongji generator allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Baidu Tongji generator: from n/a through 1.0.2.
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 confidenceA CSRF vulnerability in the Baidu Tongji generator plugin (versions up to 1.0.2) allows attackers to trick authenticated administrators into submitting malicious requests that result in stored XSS payloads being saved to the application database and executed when viewed by other users.
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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
Baidu Tongji GeneratorWordPress extension
<= 1.0.2CVSS 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 if Baidu Tongji Generator plugin is installedCheck your CMS/plugin system for the presence of the Baidu Tongji Generator plugin. Inspect the plugin directory or use system commands to list installed plugins.Affected if The plugin is present in the system
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Determine the installed versionLocate the plugin version metadata (typically in a version file, plugin header, or manifest). Compare the version number to the affected range of <= 1.0.2.Affected if The installed version is 1.0.2 or lower
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Verify admin authentication is possibleConfirm that administrator-level access exists for the plugin. The CSRF attack requires a logged-in administrator to unknowingly submit the malicious request.Affected if Admin accounts with access to the plugin exist in the system
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Inspect database for suspicious stored contentQuery application tables where plugin data is stored (e.g., tracking data, configuration storage) for unexpected script tags, HTML, or encoded payloads that could indicate stored XSS.Affected if Unusual script tags or HTML fragments are found in plugin-related database records
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Review admin action logs for unexpected requestsExamine server logs, access logs, or application audit trails for admin-initiated requests to plugin endpoints that contain unusual parameters or payload-like data.Affected if Admin requests contain suspicious parameter values not generated by normal plugin usage
The environment is affected if the Baidu Tongji Generator plugin version 1.0.2 or lower is installed and active, with admin authentication possible and potential stored XSS payloads present in the database.
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 dataImplement anti-CSRF tokens and proper request validation on all state-changing operations; apply output encoding and input validation to prevent stored XSS execution.
Fix this in Baidu Tongji Generator
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-31230 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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