cve/2023/CVE-2023-5137.md

### [CVE-2023-5137](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5137)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Simply%20Excerpts&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The Simply Excerpts WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not sanitize and escape some fields in the plugin settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as an administrator to inject arbitrary web scripts even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in a multisite setup).

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/79b79e9c-ea4f-4188-a1b5-61dda0b5d434

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.