CVE-2023-1661 json
Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
published 2023-05-31 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-23890
- cvss
- 6.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post metadata in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 21 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- trasweb Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
-
wordfence.com
/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f90c0d8-ede6-4f24-870f-19e888238e93?source=cve
third-party-advisory
-
wordpress.org
/plugins/display-metadata/#developers
product, release-notes
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-1661
- NVD CVE-2023-1661
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