{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40196 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40196 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-40196 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression, published on 4 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40196 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-40196 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression, published on 4 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40196 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression. 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-2023-40196/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40196/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-40196","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40196/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-40196","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-f4v3-885v-g55x"],"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":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via reflected XSS in the ImageRecycle compression plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"imagerecycle_pdf_\\\u0026_image_compression","vendor":"imagerecycle"}],"cvss":{"score":7.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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":"Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ImageRecycle ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression plugin \u003c= 3.1.11 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 ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression Plugin \u003c= 3.1.11 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-40196","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 flowpaper Plugin \u003c= 1.9.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-40197"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Apache Airflow Spark Provider Deserialization Vulnerability RCE","id":"CVE-2023-40195"},"products":["ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression"],"published":"2023-09-04","related":[{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"WordPress ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression plugin \u003c= 3.1.16 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-54266","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-13"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"WordPress ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression Plugin \u003c= 3.1.10 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-30494","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-09-04"},{"cvss_score":5,"headline":"ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression \u003c= 3.1.14 - Missing Authorization in Several AJAX Actions","id":"CVE-2024-6631","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-08-24"},{"cvss_score":4.7,"headline":"ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression \u003c= 3.1.14 - Cross-Site Request in Several AJAX Actions","id":"CVE-2024-8120","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-08-24"},{"cvss_score":4.3,"headline":"ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression \u003c= 3.1.13 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update in enableOptimization","id":"CVE-2024-0983","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-20"},{"cvss_score":4.3,"headline":"ImageRecycle pdf \u0026 image compression \u003c= 3.1.13 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update in disableOptimization","id":"CVE-2024-0984","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-20"}],"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":["ImageRecycle"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via reflected XSS in the ImageRecycle compression plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40196/"}