CVE-2023-1019

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2023-1019 · Published 15/05/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-1019 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting help desk wp (help desk wp project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.46%, higher than 40.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
help desk wp help_desk_wp_project	`≤ 1.2.0`	No fix yet

Description

The Help Desk WP WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6331ca8-9603-4134-af39-8e77ac9d511c · Exploit

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