What is CVE-2023-5137?

CVE-2023-5137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Shooflysolutions Simply Excerpts, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-12-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-5137?

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

Is CVE-2023-5137 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Shooflysolutions Simply Excerpts

CVE-2023-5137

The Simply Excerpts WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not sanitize and escape some fields in the plugin settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as an administrator to inject arbitrary web scripts even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (35.4th 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

Shooflysolutions Simply_excerpts
Unknown Simply Excerpts — versions 0

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-2023-5137?: CVE-2023-5137 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Shooflysolutions Simply Excerpts, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-12-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-5137?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5137 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.