CVE-2023-38000

MEDIUM

WordPress 5.9-6.3.1 & Gutenberg <16.8.0 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Title source: llm

Description

Auth. Stored (contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress core 6.3 through 6.3.1, from 6.2 through 6.2.2, from 6.1 through 6.1.3, from 6.0 through 6.0.5, from 5.9 through 5.9.7 and Gutenberg plugin <= 16.8.0 versions.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory

https://patchstack.com/articles/wordpress-core-6-3-2-security-update-technical-advisory?_s_id=cve

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress/wordpress-core-6-3-2-contributor-stored-xss-in-navigation-links-block-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/gutenberg/wordpress-gutenberg-plugin-16-8-0-contributor-stored-xss-in-navigation-links-block-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0035

EPSS Percentile 57.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (8)

Gutenberg Team/Gutenberg < 16.8.0

wordpress/gutenberg < 16.8.0

wordpress/wordpress 5.9 - 5.9.7

WordPress.org/WordPress 5.9 - 5.9.7

WordPress.org/WordPress 6.0 - 6.0.5

WordPress.org/WordPress 6.1 - 6.1.3

WordPress.org/WordPress 6.2 - 6.2.2

WordPress.org/WordPress 6.3 - 6.3.1

Published Oct 13, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026