CVE-2023-2123 — The WP Inventory Manager WordPress plugin before 2

The WP Inventory Manager WordPress plugin before 2.1.0.13 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

01What is this vulnerability?

The WP Inventory Manager WordPress plugin before 2.1.0.13 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	WP Inventory Manager	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: 2023-08-16T11:03:22.025Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-08T19:16:49.294Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/44448888-cd5d-482e-859e-123e442ce5c1
• github.com — https://github.com/daniloalbuqrque/poc-cve-xss-encoded-wp-inventory-manager-plug…