Description
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).
Published: 2023-12-04
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-57475 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).
History

Thu, 29 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Subscriptions

Shooflysolutions Simply Excerpts
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-29T13:51:32.153Z

Reserved: 2023-09-22T19:39:18.392Z

Link: CVE-2023-5137

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:06.696Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-04T22:15:07.713

Modified: 2025-05-29T14:15:33.470

Link: CVE-2023-5137

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses