CVE-2023-5137
Simply Excerpts <= 1.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Dec 4, 2023
- Updated
- May 29, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 22, 2023
Description
The Simply Excerpts WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not sanitize and escape some fields in the plugin settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as an administrator to inject arbitrary web scripts even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Simply ExcerptsUnknown |
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References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/79b79e9c-ea4f-4188-a1b5-61dda0b5d434exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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