CVE-2023-28493

FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28493 is a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Macho Themes NewsMag theme versions 2.4.4 and earlier. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) can be exploited by an authenticated subscriber, requiring user interaction to execute malicious scripts, potentially leading to information disclosure or defacement. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 2.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:machothemes:newsmag::::::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

0.37%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

29.6%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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/newsmag/wordpress-newsmag-theme-2-4-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

Third Party Advisory