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CVE-2023-1982: Front Editor <= 4.0.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS

• 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: 2023-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Front Editor WordPress plugin through 4.0.4 does not sanitize and escape some of its form settings, which could allow high-privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

• Aleksanaharonyan Front Editor: through 4.0.4

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/51987966-8007-4e12-bc2e-997b92054739
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/51987966-8007-4e12-bc2e-997b92054739

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