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CVE-2023-2223: Login Rebuilder < 2.8.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-05-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Login rebuilder WordPress plugin before 2.8.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its 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

• Login rebuilder: before 2.8.1 — fixed in 2.8.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Login rebuilder 2.8.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173726/WordPress-Login-Rebuilder-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b356b82-5d03-4f70-b4ce-f1405304bb52
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173726/WordPress-Login-Rebuilder-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b356b82-5d03-4f70-b4ce-f1405304bb52

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