VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-5137

CVSS score4.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-12-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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).

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79

Primary references