CVE-2023-1982

MEDIUM 4.8CVE-2023-1982 · Published 30/08/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-1982 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.8) vulnerability affecting front editor (aleksanaharonyan).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.44%, higher than 38.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
front editor aleksanaharonyan	`≤ 4.0.4`	No fix yet

Description

The Front Editor WordPress plugin through 4.0.4 does not sanitize and escape some of its form settings, which could allow high-privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/51987966-8007-4e12-bc2e-997b92054739 · Exploit

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