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CVE-2023-23491

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-23491 is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Quick Event Manager WordPress Plugin, affecting versions prior to 9.7.5. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject malicious scripts via the 'category' parameter, requiring user interaction and potentially leading to information disclosure or limited integrity impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, a Nuclei template exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 9.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fullworksplugins:quick_event_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2023-23491 · Jul 17, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

jfrogvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
lfedgevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
linkacevendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
markusprojectvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (4)

jfrogllm-jfrog-9528e361dd789c64MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Multiple WordPress Plugins

Jan 12, 2023
lfedgellm-lfedge-d42595c97d822c8aMEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Multiple WordPress Plugins

Jan 12, 2023
markusprojectllm-markusproject-20c1ca4f94708d8dMEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Multiple WordPress Plugins

Jan 12, 2023
linkacellm-linkace-469fdd990446ac31MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities in Multiple WordPress Plugins

Jan 12, 2023

References

tenable.com / security/research/tra-2023-3
ExploitThird Party Advisory