01 Record
CVE-2023-5164
Bellows Accordion Menu <= 1.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score6.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Bellows Accordion Menu <= 1.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) 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
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.5% 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-10-30 13:48Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-08 16:52Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-09-25
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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
- 912deb2f13793b9b1dda83d6d913c23e8be526e0c7c5f5474fcdf5d8cd2d4998
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50283a4f-ea59-488a-bab0-dd6bc5718556?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bellows-accordion-menu/tags/1.4.2/includes/functions.php#L12
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bellows-accordion-menu/tags/1.4.2/includes/bellows.api.php#L5
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2986331%40bellows-accordion-menu%2Ftrunk&old=2860904%40bellows-accordion-menu%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=