CVE-2023-23681

FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-23681 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting versions 4.0 and earlier of the Labib Ahmed Image Hover Effects For WPBakery Page Builder plugin. This medium-severity vulnerability, rated 5.4 CVSS, allows authenticated contributors to inject malicious scripts, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:webdevocean:image_hover_effects_for_wpbakery_page_builder::::::wordpress::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Exploitability Score

2.3

Impact Score

3.7

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.38%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

30.9%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

patchstack.com / database/vulnerability/image-hover-effects-visual-composer-extension/wordpress-image-hover-effects-for-wpbakery-page-builder-plugin-4-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

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