CVE-2023-5137
low-risk
Published 2023-12-04
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).
Do I need to act?
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0.19% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.8/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Simply Excerpts
Affected Vendors
25
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
19/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
1/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal