What is CVE-2023-5229?

CVE-2023-5229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in E2pdf, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2023-5229?

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

Is CVE-2023-5229 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in E2pdf

CVE-2023-5229

The E2Pdf WordPress plugin before 1.20.20 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-10-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (31.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.8% 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

E2pdf
E2pdf — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/fb6ce636-9e0d-4c5c-bb95-dde1d2581245 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5229?: CVE-2023-5229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in E2pdf, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2023-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-5229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5229 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.