Description
The Favorites plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'user_favorites' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.3.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2023-05-31
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-33810 The Favorites plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'user_favorites' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.3.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Favorites <= 2.3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Tue, 06 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Favoriteposts
Favoriteposts favorites
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:favorites_project:favorites:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* cpe:2.3:a:favoriteposts:favorites:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Favorites Project
Favorites Project favorites
Favoriteposts
Favoriteposts favorites

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Favoriteposts Favorites
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:55:26.799Z

Reserved: 2023-04-26T13:50:36.883Z

Link: CVE-2023-2304

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:19:14.855Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-31T05:15:10.260

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:18:00.737

Link: CVE-2023-2304

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses