CVE-2023-5137 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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:

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

Simply Excerpts

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 1.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:shooflysolutions:simply_excerpts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
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).

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 0.00188.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/79b79e9c-ea4f-4188-a1b5-61dda0b5d434

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-12-04T21:28:33.766Z

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

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

Link: CVE-2023-5137

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

Status : Modified

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

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

Link: CVE-2023-5137

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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