# CVE-2023-0285: Real Media Library < 4.18.29 - Author+ Stored XSS

> Authors can inject malicious scripts via folder names in the Real Media Library plugin, potentially compromising admin sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 12 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-73xq-fm46-h4hh

## What is CVE-2023-0285?

CVE-2023-0285 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager, published on 21 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Real Media Library WordPress plugin before 4.18.29 does not sanitise and escape the created folder names, which could allow users with the role of author and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0285?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Devowl Real Media Library.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0285?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0285 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0285 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0285 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager

- [CVE-2024-2328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2328/): Real Media Library <= 4.22.11 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2027](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2027/): Cross-site scripting in Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2021-34668](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34668/): WordPress Real Media Library <= 4.14.1 Author-only Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0285 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0285 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager, published on 21 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0285 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0285/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0285/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0285
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0285
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0285

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0285/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.