CVE-2023-5943 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Wp-Adv-Quiz WordPress plugin prior to version 1.0.3. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) allows high-privilege users, such as administrators, to inject malicious scripts due to insufficient sanitization and escaping of plugin settings, even when unfiltered_html is disabled. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:markusbegerow:wp-adv-quiz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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