# CVE-2023-2113: Autoptimize < 3.1.7 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Settings Import

> Administrators can inject arbitrary JavaScript into the admin panel via settings import, bypassing unfiltered_html restrictions in multisite setups.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 May 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-562q-c576-2qqf

## What is CVE-2023-2113?

CVE-2023-2113 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Autoptimize, published on 30 May 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Autoptimize WordPress plugin before 3.1.7 does not sanitise and escape the settings imported from a previous export, allowing high privileged users (such as an administrator) to inject arbitrary javascript into the admin panel, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disabled, such as in a multisite setup.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2113?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Autoptimize Autoptimize.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2113?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2113 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2113 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2113 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Autoptimize

- [CVE-2021-24376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24376/): Autoptimize < 2.7.8 - Arbitrary File Upload via "Import Settings" (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24377](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24377/): Autoptimize < 2.7.8 - Race Condition leading to RCE (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-24948](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24948/): File upload in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-2635](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2635/): Autoptimize < 3.1.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2021-24378](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24378/): Autoptimize < 2.7.8 - Authenticated Stored XSS via File Upload (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2113 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2113 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Autoptimize, published on 30 May 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, 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-2023-2113 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Autoptimize. 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-2023-2113/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2113/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2113
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2113
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2113

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2113/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.