CVE-2023-0389: Calculated Fields Form < 1.1.151 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Dropdown Fields

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Calculated Fields Form WordPress plugin before 1.1.151 does not sanitise and escape some of its form settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

codepeople Calculated Fields Form: before 1.1.151 — fixed in 1.1.151

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: codepeople Calculated Fields Form 1.1.151. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/090a3922-febc-4294-82d2-d8339d461893/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/090a3922-febc-4294-82d2-d8339d461893/

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