CVE-2023-5609 Seraphinite Accelerator < 2.20.29 - Reflected XSS

What is CVE-2023-5609?

CVE-2023-5609 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Seraphinite Accelerator, published on 20 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin before 2.2.29 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5609?

It affects 1 product.

Products include S-Sols Seraphinite Accelerator.

How do I fix CVE-2023-5609?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5609 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2023-5609 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5609 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Seraphinite Accelerator

• CVE-2023-49740 WordPress Seraphinite Accelerator Plugin <= 2.20.28 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) High 7.1
• CVE-2024-1568 Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.20.52 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery in OnAdminApi_HtmlCheck Medium 6.4
• CVE-2023-5610 Seraphinite Accelerator < 2.20.29 - Authenticated Arbitrary Redirect Medium 5.4
• CVE-2023-5611 Seraphinite Accelerator < 2.20.32 - Unauthorised Settings Reset/Import Medium 5.3
• CVE-2026-3058 Information disclosure in Seraphinite Accelerator Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4rfx-692g-gc7w.