CVE-2023-5229 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The E2Pdf WordPress plugin before 1.20.20 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Published: 2023-10-31

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

E2Pdf

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.20.20

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:e2pdf:e2pdf:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-57557	The E2Pdf WordPress plugin before 1.20.20 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00189.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fb6ce636-9e0d-4c5c-bb95-dde1d2581245

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

E2pdf E2pdf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-31T13:54:41.760Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:10:44.761Z

Reserved: 2023-09-27T15:14:42.349Z

Link: CVE-2023-5229

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:52:08.443Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-31T14:15:12.363

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:50.387

Link: CVE-2023-5229

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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