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Your JourneyWordPress extension · Wiloke

CVE-2023-3933

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-10-20
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.9.8 or later.
See remediation →
68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
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 Your Journey theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via prototype pollution in versions up to, and including, 1.9.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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 confidence

The Your Journey WordPress theme versions up to 1.9.8 contain a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exploited through prototype pollution. Attackers inject malicious JavaScript via unsanitized user input that pollutes JavaScript prototypes, which then executes in victims' browsers when they interact with crafted links.

MitigationUpgrade the Your Journey theme to version 1.9.9 or later where the vulnerability is patched. If immediate upgrading is not possible, implement output escaping on all user-supplied parameters and consider deploying a WAF rule to block prototype pollution patterns.

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
Your JourneyWordPress extension
Affected:<= 1.9.8

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

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify theme version
    Access your WordPress installation via FTP or file manager, navigate to wp-content/themes/your-journey/ and open the style.css file. Look for the 'Version:' declaration in the file header.
    Affected if The version number listed is 1.9.8 or lower
  2. Confirm theme is active
    Log into the WordPress admin dashboard, go to Appearance > Themes, and verify that the Your Journey theme is either active or installed.
    Affected if The Your Journey theme is present in the themes directory regardless of activation status
  3. Inspect theme for user input handling
    Search theme PHP files (particularly functions.php, header.php, and any files handling query parameters) for usage of superglobal arrays like $_GET, $_REQUEST, or $_POST without corresponding sanitization functions such as esc_html, esc_attr, or sanitize_text_field.
    Affected if Theme code outputs request parameters directly without sanitization functions
  4. Check for prototype pollution patterns
    Examine JavaScript files in the theme for code that assigns or merges user-controlled data into Object.prototype or other built-in objects without validation.
    Affected if Theme JavaScript assigns user input to object prototypes or uses unsafe object merging methods
  5. Test for reflected XSS vector
    Using a browser or HTTP tool, submit a crafted URL with a test parameter (for example: ?test=<script>alert(1)</script>) to pages using the Your Journey theme. Observe if the parameter value is reflected unchanged in the page response.
    Affected if User-supplied parameter values appear verbatim in the rendered HTML without encoding or escaping

You are affected if the Your Journey theme version is 1.9.8 or lower and the theme handles user input without sanitization, allowing reflected XSS or prototype pollution attacks.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 a release after 1.9.8
Interim mitigation

Upgrade the Your Journey theme to version 1.9.9 or later where the vulnerability is patched. If immediate upgrading is not possible, implement output escaping on all user-supplied parameters and consider deploying a WAF rule to block prototype pollution patterns.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Your Journey theme version 1.9.9 or later

  1. 1. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
  2. 2. Navigate to Appearance > Themes
  3. 3. Locate the "Your Journey" theme
  4. 4. Check if an update is available for the theme
  5. 5. If an update is available, update to the latest version of the Your Journey theme
  6. 6. Verify the update was successful and test that the theme functions correctly
Caveat Review theme settings and customizations after upgrade to ensure compatibility

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

Fix this in Your Journey Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
9.0 hours of engineering $1,600
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