{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23718 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23718 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-23718 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Esstat17 Page Loading Effects, published on 20 Mar 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23718 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-23718 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Esstat17 Page Loading Effects, published on 20 Mar 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23718 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Esstat17 Page Loading Effects. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23718/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23718/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-23718","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23718/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-23718","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-w242-9c5f-p4r9"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"An authenticated admin can inject malicious scripts via the Page Loading Effects plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"page_loading_effects","vendor":"page_loading_effects_project"}],"cvss":{"score":5.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Auth. (admin+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Esstat17 Page Loading Effects plugin \u003c= 2.0.0 versions.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress Page Loading Effects Plugin \u003c= 2.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-23718","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress Premmerce Plugin \u003c= 1.3.17 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)","id":"CVE-2023-23719"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress Portfolio Slideshow Plugin \u003c= 1.13.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-23717"},"products":["Page Loading Effects"],"published":"2023-03-20","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["Esstat17"]},"summary":"An authenticated admin can inject malicious scripts via the Page Loading Effects plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23718/"}