CVE-2023-1122: Simple Giveaways < 2.45.1 - Editor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Simple Giveaways WordPress plugin before 2.45.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its Giveaways options, 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

Igor Benic Simple Giveaways: before 2.45.1 — fixed in 2.45.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Igor Benic Simple Giveaways 2.45.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/71f5d630-2726-48c7-b9e5-7bebc786b561
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/71f5d630-2726-48c7-b9e5-7bebc786b561

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