What is CVE-2023-2296?

CVE-2023-2296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Loginizer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2023-2296?

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

Is CVE-2023-2296 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Loginizer

CVE-2023-2296

The Loginizer WordPress plugin before 1.7.9 does not escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (39.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Loginizer
Unknown Loginizer — versions 1.7.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2296?: CVE-2023-2296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Loginizer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-2296?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2296 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.