What is CVE-2023-4148?

CVE-2023-4148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metaphorcreations Ditty, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-4148?

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

XSS in Metaphorcreations Ditty

CVE-2023-4148

The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.25 does not sanitise and escape some parameters and generated URLs before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-09-25 · 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: 0.008 (56.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Metaphorcreations Ditty
Ditty — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa39de78-55b3-4237-84db-6fdf6820c58d (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4148?: CVE-2023-4148 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Metaphorcreations Ditty, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-4148?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.