Everest NewsWordPress extension · Everestthemes
CVE-2023-41235
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 Everest Themes Everest News Pro theme <= 1.1.7 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 confidenceAn unauthenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Everest News Pro WordPress theme versions 1.1.7 and below. Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript code through unsanitized URL parameters that get reflected back in the HTTP response, potentially leading to session hijacking or credential theft when users click crafted links.
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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
Everest NewsWordPress extension
<= 1.1.7CVSS 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 installed version of Everest News Pro themeAccess WordPress admin dashboard, navigate to Appearance > Themes, and locate Everest News Pro theme to view its version number. Alternatively, inspect the theme's style.css file in wp-content/themes/everest-news-pro/Affected if The displayed version is 1.1.7 or lower
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Confirm the theme is actively in useVerify that Everest News Pro is the active theme on the WordPress site by checking the active theme in WordPress admin under Appearance > Themes or by inspecting HTTP responses from the siteAffected if The theme is installed and activated on the WordPress site
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Inspect HTTP responses for unsanitized parameter reflectionSend a crafted request to the site with a test parameter (e.g., ?test=<script>alert(1)</script>) and examine if the parameter value is reflected verbatim in the response body without encoding or sanitizationAffected if URL parameter values are reflected in the HTTP response without proper HTML encoding or sanitization
A user is affected if Everest News Pro theme version 1.1.7 or lower is installed and active on their WordPress site, and the site reflects URL parameters unsanitized in its responses.
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 to the latest patched version of Everest News Pro theme once available. Until then, implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to filter malicious URL parameters and deploy input validation/sanitization on the server side.
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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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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