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CVE-2023-6844

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-6844 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the iframe plugin for WordPress, impacting all versions up to and including 5.0. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher can inject malicious web scripts through the plugin's shortcodes due to insufficient input sanitization. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) allows for arbitrary script execution when a user accesses an affected page, leading to potential information disclosure or defacement. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
WebvitalyIframe
>= 0, <= 5.0CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.7%
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 42nd percentile among its peer group of 21,974 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, 0.1 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/iframe/trunk/iframe.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / browser/iframe/trunk/iframe.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset
wordfence.com / threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c16e16dc-8888-4222-862f-a57a9f14e7f4