What is CVE-2023-49743?

CVE-2023-49743 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jeff Starr Dashboard Widgets Suite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-49743?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-49743 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Jeff Starr Dashboard Widgets Suite

CVE-2023-49743

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Jeff Starr Dashboard Widgets Suite allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Dashboard Widgets Suite: from n/a through 3.4.1.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-12-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.0% 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

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/dashboard-widgets-suite/wordpress-dashboa… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-49743?: CVE-2023-49743 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jeff Starr Dashboard Widgets Suite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2023-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-49743?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-49743 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.