CVE-2023-4823

WP Meta and Date Remover < 2.2.0 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS

The WP Meta and Date Remover WordPress plugin before 2.2.0 provides an AJAX endpoint for configuring the plugin settings. This endpoint has no capability checks and does not sanitize the user input, which is then later output unescaped. Allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber change them and perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting.

Affected

WP Meta and Date Remover

CVSS v3.1 NVD

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 30th percentile

Published

2023-10-31

Updated

2025-04-23

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/84f53e27-d8d2-4fa3-91f9-447037508d30

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry