What is CVE-2023-7194?

CVE-2023-7194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Meris Wp Theme Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-7194?

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

Is CVE-2023-7194 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Meris Wp Theme Project

CVE-2023-7194

The Meris WordPress theme through 1.1.2 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in the page, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2024-01-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Meris Wp Theme Project
Meris — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/e20292af-939a-4cb1-91e4-5ff6aa0c7fbe (technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-7194?: CVE-2023-7194 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Meris Wp Theme Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-7194?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-7194 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.