What is CVE-2023-3169?

CVE-2023-3169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tagdiv Composer, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2023-3169?

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

Is CVE-2023-3169 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Tagdiv Composer

CVE-2023-3169

The tagDiv Composer WordPress plugin before 4.2, used as a companion by the Newspaper and Newsmag themes from tagDiv, does not have authorisation in a REST route and does not validate as well as escape some parameters when outputting them back, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Published 2023-09-11 · 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: 0.013 (69.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Tagdiv Composer
Tagdiv Composer — versions 0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/e6d8216d-ace4-48ba-afca-74da0dc5abb5 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-3169?: CVE-2023-3169 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tagdiv Composer, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2023-3169?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-3169 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.