CVE-2023-4308 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2023-4308

User Submitted Posts <= 20230809 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'user-submitted-content'

Vulnerability Description

The User Submitted Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘user-submitted-content’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 20230809 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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:

  • Ngô Thiên An
  • Phan Trong Quan

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 15th, 2023
Last Modified: April 8th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)