CVE-2023-23971 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-23971: WordPress WP Time Slots Booking Form Plugin <= 1.1.81 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Codepeople

Product WP Time Slots Booking Form

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published April 6, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CodePeople WP Time Slots Booking Form plugin <= 1.1.81 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

WP Time Slots Booking Form versions up to 1.1.81 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated administrator with high privileges can inject malicious scripts into the plugin that execute in other users' browsers when they view affected pages. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect the site's integrity and confidentiality.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they view the booking form.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An admin account compromise could allow script injection affecting site visitors and other users' sessions.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have administrator-level access to the WordPress site and the victim must view an affected page.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 6, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23971 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-23971

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 5.9 / MEDIUM

Affected versions