CVE-2023-45065 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mad Fish Digital Bulk NoIndex & NoFollow Toolkit plugin <= 1.42 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00083.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Mad Fish Digital

Bulk NoIndex & NoFollow Toolkit

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	≤ 1.42

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:madfishdigital:bulk_noindex_\&_nofollow_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Madfishdigital Subscribe	Bulk Noindex \& Nofollow Toolkit Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-49386	Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mad Fish Digital Bulk NoIndex & NoFollow Toolkit plugin <= 1.42 versions.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 1.5 or a higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/bulk-noindex-nofollow-toolkit-by-mad-fish/wordpress-bulk-noindex-nofollow-toolkit-plugin-1-42-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-10-18T12:27:31.655Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:42.678Z

Reserved: 2023-10-03T13:31:21.243Z

Link: CVE-2023-45065

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:14:19.214Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-18T13:15:08.987

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:26:19.120

Link: CVE-2023-45065

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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