CVE-2023-1982 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2023-1982

Front Editor <= 4.0.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Vulnerability Description

The Front Editor WordPress plugin through 4.0.4 does not sanitize and escape some of its form settings, which could allow high-privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Vikas Kumawat
  • WPScan

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Guest posting / Frontend Posting wordpress plugin
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 30th, 2023
Last Modified: October 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.