CVE-2023-25483 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-25483: WordPress Easy Coming Soon Plugin <= 2.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Ankit Agarwal, Priyanshu Mittal

Product Easy Coming Soon

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published September 27, 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 Ankit Agarwal, Priyanshu Mittal Easy Coming Soon plugin <= 2.3 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Easy Coming Soon versions up to 2.3 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated administrator with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other users viewing the site. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the integrity and confidentiality of site data.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view the site.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

A malicious admin can steal session tokens, deface content, or redirect visitors to phishing sites.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level admin privileges and the victim must visit an affected page.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

September 27, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25483 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-2023-25483

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 5.9 / MEDIUM

Affected versions