{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33208 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-33208 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-33208 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in gsmith Cookie Monster, published on 30 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-2023-33208 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-33208 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in gsmith Cookie Monster, published on 30 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-2023-33208 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: gsmith Cookie Monster. 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-2023-33208/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33208/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-33208","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33208/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-33208","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-rjxw-9454-cr54"],"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":"Authenticated administrators can inject malicious scripts via the Cookie Monster plugin, potentially leading to session hijacking or site compromise.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"cookie_monster","vendor":"cookie_monster_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+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gsmith Cookie Monster plugin \u003c= 1.51 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 Cookie Monster Plugin \u003c= 1.51 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-33208","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 SEO Change Monitor Plugin \u003c= 1.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2023-33209"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress Stop Referrer Spam Plugin \u003c= 1.3.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)","id":"CVE-2023-33207"},"products":["Cookie Monster"],"published":"2023-08-30","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":["gsmith"]},"summary":"Authenticated administrators can inject malicious scripts via the Cookie Monster plugin, potentially leading to session hijacking or site compromise.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33208/"}