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2 vulnerabilities found for Simply Excerpts by Unknown
CVE-2023-5137 (GCVE-0-2023-5137)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2023-12-04 21:28 – Updated: 2025-05-29 13:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Simply Excerpts <= 1.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
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).
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/79b79e9c-ea4f-41… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Simply Excerpts |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.4
(semver)
|
Credits
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CVE-2023-5137 (GCVE-0-2023-5137)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-04 21:28 – Updated: 2025-05-29 13:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Simply Excerpts <= 1.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS
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).
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/79b79e9c-ea4f-41… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Simply Excerpts |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 1.4
(semver)
|
Credits
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