CVE-2023-3992

MediumCVSS 6.1

Published: 30/08/2023(UTC)Updated: 17/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 19/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.43%

34th percentile - higher than 34% of all known CVEs

Summary

The PostX WordPress plugin before 3.0.6 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform XSS attacks against high privilege users such as admins, potentially leading to account takeover.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the PostX plugin to version 3.0.6 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

The PostX WordPress plugin before 3.0.6 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin