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CVE-2023-4022: The Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks ev

medium Affects herd-effects (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks ev

Package
herd-effects (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<5.2.3
Fixed in
5.2.3
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (40.5th percentile)
Published
2023-09-11
Source
nvd

References

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