CVE-2023-5137
CVSS 3.1 Score 4.3 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Dec 4, 2023
Updated: Dec 7, 2023
CWE ID 862
Summary
CVE-2023-5137 is a vulnerability affecting the Simply Excerpts WordPress plugin before version 1.5. This issue permits high-privilege users, including administrators, to inject arbitrary web scripts into plugin settings, bypassing the unfiltered_html capability restriction, even in multisite environments. The plugin fails to sanitize and escape certain fields, leading to this security vulnerability.
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