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CVE-2023-5335

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-5335 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Buzzsprout Podcasting plugin for WordPress, versions 1.8.3 and earlier. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level privileges to inject malicious web scripts into pages through the 'buzzsprout' shortcode due to inadequate input sanitization. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction, with potential impacts on confidentiality and integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:buzzsprout:buzzsprout:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.4MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 15,224 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

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/buzzsprout-podcasting/tags/1.8.3/buzzsprout-podcasting.php
Exploit
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/2990144/buzzsprout-podcasting
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be7f8b73-801d-46e8-81c1-8bb0bb576700
Third Party Advisory