# CVE-2023-50827: WordPress Accredible Certificates & Open Badges Plugin <= 1.4.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

> Stored XSS in Accredible Certificates & Open Badges plugin allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x4h7-65jv-x57h

## What is CVE-2023-50827?

CVE-2023-50827 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Accredible Certificates & Open Badges, published on 21 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Accredible Accredible Certificates & Open Badges allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Accredible Certificates & Open Badges: from n/a through 1.4.8.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-50827?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Accredible Accredible Certificates \& Open Badges.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-50827?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-50827 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-50827 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50827 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-50827 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-50827 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Accredible Certificates & Open Badges, published on 21 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-50827 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Accredible Certificates & Open Badges. 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-2023-50827/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50827/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50827
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50827
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-50827

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50827/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.