CVE-2023-5137

Summary

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).

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
UnknownSimply Excerpts0 <= 1.4affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References