# CVE-2023-0983: Stylish Cost Calculator Premium < 7.9.0 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via the Email Quote Form, potentially compromising admin accounts when they view submissions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 11 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9hhj-3mgc-235q

## What is CVE-2023-0983?

CVE-2023-0983 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Stylish Cost Calculator Premium, published on 10 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The stylish-cost-calculator-premium WordPress plugin before 7.9.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against admins when viewing submissions submitted through the Email Quote Form.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0983?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Stylishcostcalculator Stylish Cost Calculator.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0983?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0983 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0983 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0983 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Stylish Cost Calculator Premium

- [CVE-2021-24822](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24822/): Stylish Cost Calculator < 7.04 - Subscriber+ Unauthorised AJAX Calls to Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0983 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0983 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Stylish Cost Calculator Premium, published on 10 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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-2023-0983 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Stylish Cost Calculator Premium. 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-2023-0983/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0983/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0983
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0983
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0983

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0983/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.