CVE-2023-5137

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    CVE-2023-5137

    Published: 4 Dec 2023Last Modified: 11 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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).

    References: , https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/79b79e9c-ea4f-4188-a1b5-61dda0b5d434

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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