CVE-2023-4022

Herd Effects < 5.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Published Sep 11, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-53915 The Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

No weakness.

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Apr 23, 2025, 4:16 PM
Reserved
Jul 31, 2023, 3:18 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 11, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:36 AM