CVE-2023-1166 — The USM-Premium WordPress plugin before 16

The USM-Premium WordPress plugin before 16.3 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example, in multisite se

01What is this vulnerability?

The USM-Premium WordPress plugin before 16.3 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example, in multisite setup).

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Ultimate	Premium-Plugin — 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: 2023-06-27T13:17:21.743Z
• Last modified: 2024-11-27T19:15:26.442Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/825eccf9-f351-4a5b-b238-9969141b94fa