01 Record
CVE-2023-2436
Blog-in-Blog <= 2.0.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score4.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Blog-in-Blog <= 2.0.0 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 41.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-05-31 02:40Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 16:55Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-05-01
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 01c0de3703e1ea617690dee3bf4c7d8248ef69793b30a2313f65a86c26b4fc9f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5c6a88c3-18b7-470f-8014-373ead66dcfa?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blog-in-blog/tags/1.1.1/blog-in-blog.php#L257
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3446931/