Description
The Delete Me plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'plugin_delete_me' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 3.0 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. The shortcode is not displayed to administrators, so it cannot be used against administrator users.
Published: 2023-10-24
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-57464 The Delete Me plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'plugin_delete_me' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 3.0 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. The shortcode is not displayed to administrators, so it cannot be used against administrator users.
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Delete Me <= 3.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
References

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 08:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Subscriptions

Cmc3215 Delete Me
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:02:20.367Z

Reserved: 2023-09-22T15:43:01.078Z

Link: CVE-2023-5126

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:44:53.747Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-25T18:17:42.807

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:18:22.720

Link: CVE-2023-5126

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No data.

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Weaknesses