CVE-2023-1661

6.4 MEDIUM
Published: May 31, 2023 Modified: April 08, 2026
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Description

The Display post meta, term meta, comment meta, and user meta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post metadata in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-metadata/#developers
Source: security@wordfence.com
Product Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-metadata/#developers
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Product Release Notes

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.4 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
25th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

display_post_meta\,_term_meta\,_comment_meta\,_and_user_meta_project