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CVE-2023-1602

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-1602 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Short URL plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 1.6.4. It allows authenticated attackers with administrator privileges to inject malicious web scripts through the 'comment' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.8 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kaizencoders:short_url:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 4,937 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 / changeset/2931815/shorten-url/trunk/shorten-url.php
Patch
wordpress.org / plugins/shorten-url
Release Notes
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5f29f35-da79-4389-a0a5-a1be0b0b8996
Third Party Advisory