{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33216 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-33216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-33216 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in gVectors Team WooDiscuz – WooCommerce Comments, published on 28 May 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-2023-33216 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-33216 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in gVectors Team WooDiscuz – WooCommerce Comments, published on 28 May 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-2023-33216 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: gVectors Team WooDiscuz – WooCommerce Comments. 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-2023-33216/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33216/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-33216","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33216/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-33216","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7hfw-2wh2-w92r"],"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 into the WooDiscuz plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"woodiscuz_-_woocommerce_comments","vendor":"gvectors"}],"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 gVectors Team WooDiscuz – WooCommerce Comments woodiscuz-woocommerce-comments allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WooDiscuz – WooCommerce Comments: from n/a through 2.2.9.","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 WooDiscuz – WooCommerce Comments Plugin \u003c= 2.2.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-33216","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Missing integrity check on upgrade package","id":"CVE-2023-33217"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WordPress Taggbox plugin \u003c= 3.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-33215"},"products":["WooDiscuz – WooCommerce Comments"],"published":"2023-05-28","related":[{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"WordPress WooDiscuz – WooCommerce Comments Plugin \u003c= 2.3.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)","id":"CVE-2023-49759","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-18"}],"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":["gVectors Team"]},"summary":"An authenticated admin can inject malicious scripts into the WooDiscuz plugin, potentially compromising user sessions or site integrity.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33216/"}