# CVE-2023-2498: Cross-site scripting in Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables

> Contributor-level attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via shortcodes, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 May 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h6p4-275g-j84p

## What is CVE-2023-2498?

CVE-2023-2498 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Granth Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables, published on 23 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 3.3.19 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for contributor-level attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2498?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Granthweb Go Pricing.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2498?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2498 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2498 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2498 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Granth Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables

- [CVE-2023-2500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2500/): Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables <= 3.3.19 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-2496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2496/): Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables <= 3.3.19 - Improper Authorization to Arbitrary File Upload (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-2494](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2494/): Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables <= 3.3.19 - Missing Authorization to Limited Privilege Granting (medium 4.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2498 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2498 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Granth Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables, published on 23 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2498 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Granth Go Pricing - WordPress Responsive Pricing Tables. 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-2023-2498/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2498/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2498
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2498
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2498

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