What is CVE-2023-5609?

CVE-2023-5609 is a medium-severity vulnerability in S-sols Seraphinite_accelerator, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-5609?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-5609 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in S-sols Seraphinite_accelerator

CVE-2023-5609

The Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin before 2.2.29 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (36.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

S-sols Seraphinite_accelerator
Unknown Seraphinite Accelerator — 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-2023-5609?: CVE-2023-5609 is a medium-severity vulnerability in S-sols Seraphinite_accelerator, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-5609?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5609 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.