What is CVE-2023-0333?

CVE-2023-0333 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Templatesnext Toolkit, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2023-0333?

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

Is CVE-2023-0333 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Templatesnext Toolkit

CVE-2023-0333

The TemplatesNext ToolKit WordPress plugin before 3.2.9 does not validate some of its shortcode attributes before using them to generate an HTML tag, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Published 2023-02-13 · 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 (39.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.9% 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

Templatesnext Toolkit
Templatesnext Toolkit — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/e86ff4d5-d549-4c71-b80e-6a9b3bfddbfc (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0333?: CVE-2023-0333 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Templatesnext Toolkit, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2023-0333?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0333 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.