What is CVE-2023-0285?

CVE-2023-0285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Devowl Real Media Library, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-0285?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-0285 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Devowl Real Media Library

CVE-2023-0285

The Real Media Library WordPress plugin before 4.18.29 does not sanitise and escape the created folder names, which could allow users with the role of author and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-02-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Devowl Real Media Library
Real Media Library: Library Folder & File Manager — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/adf09e29-baf5-4426-a281-6763c107d348 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0285?: CVE-2023-0285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Devowl Real Media Library, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-0285?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0285 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.