CVE-2023-38000

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 53.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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.

Published

2023-10-13 09:55Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-04-28 16:08Z4 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-07-11

Assigning CNA

Patchstack

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

57446815b4b875e79e46ce087c7b7eafcd09d6d8ff8a376512c8cf076e88a63e

• patchstack.comhttps://patchstack.com/articles/wordpress-core-6-3-2-security-update-technical-advisory?_s_id=cvethird-party-advisory
• patchstack.comhttps://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress/wordpress-core-6-3-2-contributor-stored-xss-in-navigation-links-block-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry
• patchstack.comhttps://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/gutenberg/wordpress-gutenberg-plugin-16-8-0-contributor-stored-xss-in-navigation-links-block-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry