What is CVE-2023-0442?

CVE-2023-0442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Loan Comparison Project, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-0442?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-0442 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Loan Comparison Project

CVE-2023-0442

The Loan Comparison WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 does not validate and escape some of its query parameters before outputting them back in a page/post via an embedded shortcode, which could allow an attacker to inject javascript into into the site via a crafted URL.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.6% 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

Loan Comparison Project
Loan Comparison — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/34d95d88-4114-4597-b4db-e9f5ef80d322 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0442?: CVE-2023-0442 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Loan Comparison Project, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-02-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-0442?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-0442 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.