# CVE-2023-2123: WP Inventory Manager < 2.1.0.13 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized parameters in WP Inventory Manager, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **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:** 8 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4jpf-859w-v9gv

## What is CVE-2023-2123?

CVE-2023-2123 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Inventory Manager, 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 Inventory Manager WordPress plugin before 2.1.0.13 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2123?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpinventory Wp Inventory Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2123?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2123 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2123 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2123 exists.

Public exploit code:

- PoC for CVE-2023-2123 (github_poc): https://github.com/0xn4d/poc-cve-xss-encoded-wp-inventory-manager-plugin

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP Inventory Manager

- [CVE-2023-2842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2842/): WP Inventory Manager < 2.1.0.14 - Inventory Items Deletion via CSRF (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-1806](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1806/): WP Inventory Manager < 2.1.0.12 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-34002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34002/): WordPress WP Inventory Manager Plugin <= 2.1.0.13 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2123 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2123 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WP Inventory Manager, 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-2023-2123 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WP Inventory 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-2023-2123/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2123/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2123
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2123
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2123

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2123/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.