# CVE-2023-1465: WP EasyPay < 4.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Reflected XSS in WP EasyPay allows attackers to execute scripts against admin users via unescaped URLs.

- **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:** 16 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 5 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-33wm-84cp-c2cq

## What is CVE-2023-1465?

CVE-2023-1465 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP EasyPay, published on 16 Aug 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 WP EasyPay WordPress plugin before 4.1 does not escape some generated URLs before outputting them back in pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1465?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpeasypay Wp Easypay.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1465?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1465 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1465 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1465 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP EasyPay

- [CVE-2024-5861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5861/): WP Easy Pay (Free) <= 4.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Service Disconnection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2021-4411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4411/): WP EasyPay – Square for WordPress <= 3.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2022-47177](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47177/): WordPress WP EasyPay Plugin <= 4.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1465 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1465 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP EasyPay, published on 16 Aug 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-2023-1465 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WP EasyPay. 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-2023-1465/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1465/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1465
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1465
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1465

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1465/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.