WordPress User Submitted Posts plugin <= 20230901 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2024-03-26 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-59432

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Jeff Starr User Submitted Posts allows Stored XSS.This issue affects User Submitted Posts: from n/a through 20230901.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Jeff Starr User Submitted Posts 20230902

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-08-06)

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Jeff Starr User Submitted Posts

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/user-submitted-posts/wordpress-user-submitted-posts-plugin-20230901-cross-site-scripti
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-7251
NVD CVE-2023-7251

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Summary