Name: CVE-2023-5137: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-5137, CWE-79, CVSS 4.8, EPSS 0.00424

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).

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Simply Excerpts Plugin	—	Update simply-excerpts plugin to version 1.6, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Nov 13, 2023

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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