CVE-2023-0937 — The VK All in One Expansion Unit WordPress plugin before 9

The VK All in One Expansion Unit WordPress plugin before 9.87.1.0 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers

01What is this vulnerability?

The VK All in One Expansion Unit WordPress plugin before 9.87.1.0 does not escape the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, which could lead to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in old web browsers

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	VK All in One Expansion Unit	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-03-20T15:52:18.503Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-25T21:17:38.359Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5110ff02-c721-43eb-b13e-50aca25e1162