CVE-2023-4811

WordPress File Upload < 4.23.3 - Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Published Oct 16, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.23.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as contributors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Affected Products

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

WordPress File Upload

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.23.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:iptanus:wordpress_file_upload:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-54655	The WordPress File Upload WordPress plugin before 4.23.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as contributors to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.459% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f9271f2-4de4-4be3-8746-2a3f149eb1d1

History

Apr 23, 2025 5:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Iptanus Wordpress File Upload

Weaknesses

No weakness.

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 23, 2025, 4:11 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Oct 16, 2023, 7:39 PM
Updated: Apr 23, 2025, 4:11 PM
Reserved: Sep 6, 2023, 5:50 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:38 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:38 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:38 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 16, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:38 AM

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