Exploitation Summary
CVE-2023-1780 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.
Description
The Companion Sitemap Generator WordPress plugin before 4.5.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Nuclei Templates (1)
Companion Sitemap Generator < 4.5.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
MEDIUMVERIFIEDby r3Y3r53
Shodan:
http.html:/wp-content/plugins/companion-sitemap-generator/
FOFA:
body=/wp-content/plugins/companion-sitemap-generator/
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
vdb-entry
technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8176308f-f210-4109-9c88-9372415dbed3
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0102
EPSS Percentile
58.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
codeermeneer/companion_sitemap_generator
< 4.5.3
Published
Jul 10, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026