What is CVE-2023-2518?

CVE-2023-2518 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yikesinc Easy Forms For Mailchimp, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2023-2518?

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

Is CVE-2023-2518 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Yikesinc Easy Forms For Mailchimp

CVE-2023-2518

The Easy Forms for Mailchimp WordPress plugin before 6.8.9 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page when the debug option is enabled, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Published 2023-05-30 · 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: 0.011 (64.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Yikesinc Easy Forms For Mailchimp
Easy Forms For Mailchimp — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/ca120255-2c50-4906-97f3-ea660486db4c (Exploit, technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2518?: CVE-2023-2518 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Yikesinc Easy Forms For Mailchimp, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-2518?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-2518 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.