{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23828 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23828 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-23828 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Swashata WP Category Post List Widget, published on 10 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23828 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-23828 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Swashata WP Category Post List Widget, published on 10 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23828 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Swashata WP Category Post List Widget. 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-2023-23828/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23828/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-23828","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23828/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-23828","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-q6v4-v85x-hgmc"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated contributors can inject malicious scripts via the WP Category Post List Widget plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"wp_category_post_list","vendor":"swas"}],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Swashata WP Category Post List Widget plugin \u003c= 2.0.3 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 WP Category Post List Widget Plugin \u003c= 2.0.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-23828","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 Owl Carousel Plugin \u003c= 0.5.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-23829"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress Google Maps v3 Shortcode Plugin \u003c= 1.2.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-23827"},"products":["WP Category Post List Widget"],"published":"2023-08-10","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":["Swashata"]},"summary":"Authenticated contributors can inject malicious scripts via the WP Category Post List Widget plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23828/"}