CVE-2023-32509 HIGH

CVE-2023-32509: WordPress Order Your Posts Manually Plugin <= 2.2.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Rolf Van Gelder

Product Order Your Posts Manually

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published August 23, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Rolf van Gelder Order Your Posts Manually plugin <= 2.2.5 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Order Your Posts Manually contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to 2.2.5. An attacker can inject malicious scripts that execute when site administrators or other users view affected content. The vulnerability requires user interaction to trigger but can affect multiple users across the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in the browsers of site administrators and other users.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Attackers can steal admin session cookies, modify site content, or redirect users to malicious sites.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

No authentication required. A victim must view a page containing the attacker's injected script.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

August 23, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32509 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

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Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-32509

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 7.1 / HIGH

Affected versions