What is CVE-2023-5738?

CVE-2023-5738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webtoffee Backup And Migration, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-11-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-5738?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-5738 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Webtoffee Backup And Migration

CVE-2023-5738

The WordPress Backup & Migration WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-11-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.4% 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

Webtoffee Backup And Migration
WordPress Backup & Migration — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f935916-9a1a-40c7-b6d8-efcc46eb8eaf (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5738?: CVE-2023-5738 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Webtoffee Backup And Migration, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-11-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-5738?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-5738 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.