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CVE-2023-5137
Published: Dec 4, 2023
Modified: May 29, 2025
PUBLISHED
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).
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Unknown | Simply Excerpts | affected 0 - <= 1.4 |
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/79b79e9c-ea4f-4188-a1b5-61dda0b5d434
exploit
vdb-entry
technical-description
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