A XXE attack could allow a malicious actor to inject arbitrary XML which could lead the website to leak sensitive information, cause a denial of service, and server side request forgery.
CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.
This security issue has a low severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited.
Update to version 1.3.981 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.
24 Oct, 2024