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CVE-2023-0065

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.4)—
Severity5.4Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.47 %higher than 39% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The i2 Pros & Cons WordPress plugin through 1.3.1 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

CVSS

Base score
5.4
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.47 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
39
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

I2 Pros & Cons Project — I2 Pros & Cons

CWEs

References

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