What is CVE-2023-5124?

CVE-2023-5124 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pagelayer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-01-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-5124?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-5124 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Pagelayer

CVE-2023-5124

The Page Builder: Pagelayer WordPress plugin before 1.8.0 doesn't prevent attackers with administrator privileges from inserting malicious JavaScript inside a post's header or footer code, even when unfiltered_html is disallowed, such as in multi-site WordPress configurations.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (30.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Pagelayer
Unknown Page Builder: Pagelayer — versions 1.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5124?: CVE-2023-5124 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pagelayer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-01-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-5124?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5124 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.