WordPress Easy Admin Menu Plugin <= 1.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

published 2023-08-30 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-38079

cvss: 5.9; 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 31%
public exploits: 0; none known

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joaquín Ruiz Easy Admin Menu plugin <= 1.3 versions.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-24)

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Joaquín Ruiz Easy Admin Menu

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/easy-admin-menu/wordpress-easy-admin-menu-plugin-1-3-cross-site-scripting-xss?_s_id=cv
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-33929
NVD CVE-2023-33929

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Summary