{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5137 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5137 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-5137 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simply Excerpts, published on 4 Dec 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-2023-5137 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-5137 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simply Excerpts, published on 4 Dec 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5137 exists.\n\nAffected product: Unknown Simply Excerpts. 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-2023-5137/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5137/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-5137","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5137/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-5137","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-w9wc-5fqr-x2g2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Administrators can inject arbitrary web scripts via unsanitized plugin settings, bypassing unfiltered_html restrictions in multisite environments.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"WPScan","cpe":[{"product":"simply_excerpts","vendor":"shooflysolutions"}],"cvss":{"score":4.8,"severity":"medium","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"The Simply Excerpts WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not sanitize and escape some fields in the plugin settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as an administrator to inject arbitrary web scripts even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Simply Excerpts \u003c= 1.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2023-5137","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Glitch detection not active by default in Silicon Labs Secure Vault High devices","id":"CVE-2023-5138"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Incorrect Permission Assignment in the TopoGrafix DataPlugin for GPX","id":"CVE-2023-5136"},"products":["Simply Excerpts"],"published":"2023-12-04","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":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-05-29","vendors":["Unknown"]},"summary":"Administrators can inject arbitrary web scripts via unsanitized plugin settings, bypassing unfiltered_html restrictions in multisite environments.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5137/"}