{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-31221 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-31221 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-31221 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ransom Christofferson PDQ CSV, published on 8 Aug 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-2023-31221 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-31221 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ransom Christofferson PDQ CSV, published on 8 Aug 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-2023-31221 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Ransom Christofferson PDQ CSV. 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-2023-31221/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31221/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-31221","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31221/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-31221","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-g649-m8fc-5jpp"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"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 PDQ CSV plugin, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"pdq_csv","vendor":"ransomchristofferson"}],"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+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ransom Christofferson PDQ CSV plugin \u003c= 1.0.0 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 PDQ CSV Plugin \u003c= 1.0.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-31221","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Medtronic Paceart MSMQ Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2023-31222"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress WP Categories Widget Plugin \u003c= 2.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-31220"},"products":["PDQ CSV"],"published":"2023-08-08","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":["Ransom Christofferson"]},"summary":"An authenticated admin can inject malicious scripts via the PDQ CSV plugin, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31221/"}