CVE-2023-5911

WP Custom Cursors <= 3.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS

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Published Jan 8, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The WP Custom Cursors | WordPress Cursor Plugin WordPress plugin through 3.2 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)

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

WP Custom Cursors | WordPress Cursor Plugin

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 3.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hamidrezasepehr:wp_custom_cursors_\|_wordpress_cursor_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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% (0.335% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dde0767d-1dff-4261-adbe-1f3fdf2d9aae

History

Jun 18, 2025 4:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Hamidrezasepehr Wp Custom Cursors \| Wordpress Cursor Plugin

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jun 18, 2025, 4:03 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Jan 8, 2024, 7:00 PM
Updated: Jun 18, 2025, 4:03 PM
Reserved: Nov 1, 2023, 6:10 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:14 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 8:14 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 8, 2024, 7:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:49 AM

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