CVE-2023-27413 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-27413: WordPress W4 Post List Plugin <= 2.4.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Shazzad Hossain Khan

Product W4 Post List

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published June 22, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

6.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Auth. (contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Shazzad Hossain Khan W4 Post List plugin <= 2.4.4 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

W4 Post List through version 2.4.4 contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other site visitors, potentially compromising their sessions or stealing sensitive data. The vulnerability requires user interaction to trigger the payload.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view affected content.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Visitors' sessions and data can be compromised; site reputation and user trust may be damaged.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must be logged in with low-level user privileges and trick a victim into viewing the injected content.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 22, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27413 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-2023-27413

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 6.5 / MEDIUM

Affected versions