What is CVE-2023-1661?

CVE-2023-1661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Display Post Meta\, Term Comment And User Meta Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2023-1661?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-1661 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Display Post Meta\, Term Comment And User Meta Project

CVE-2023-1661

The Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post metadata in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1661?: CVE-2023-1661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Display Post Meta\, Term Comment And User Meta Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2023-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-1661?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-1661 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.