PoC Index

CVE-2023-5137

MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 0.4%

The Simply Excerpts WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not sanitize and escape some fields in the plugin settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as an administrator to inject arbitrary web scripts even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).

CVSS v3.1
4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v3.1
4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 35th percentile
Published
2023-12-04
Updated
2025-05-29

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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