What is CVE-2023-48743?

CVE-2023-48743 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codehooligans Simply Exclude, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2023-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2023-48743?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-48743 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Codehooligans Simply Exclude

CVE-2023-48743

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Paul Menard Simply Exclude allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Simply Exclude: from n/a through 2.0.6.6.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-11-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/simply-exclude/wordpress-simply-exclude-p… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-48743?: CVE-2023-48743 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codehooligans Simply Exclude, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2023-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2023-48743?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-48743 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.