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CVE-2023-2362: Multiple Plugins from Wow-Company - Reflected XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: 2023-06-12 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Float menu WordPress plugin before 5.0.2, Bubble Menu WordPress plugin before 3.0.4, Button Generator WordPress plugin before 2.3.5, Calculator Builder WordPress plugin before 1.5.1, Counter Box WordPress plugin before 1.2.2, Floating Button WordPress plugin before 5.3.1, Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.2, Popup Box WordPress plugin before 2.2.2, Side Menu Lite WordPress plugin before 4.0.2, Sticky Buttons WordPress plugin before 3.1.1, Wow Skype Buttons WordPress plugin before 4.0.2, WP Coder WordPress plugin before 2.5.6 do not escape the page parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Affected products

• Bubble Menu: before 3.0.4 — fixed in 3.0.4
• Wow-Company Button Generator – easily Button Builder: before 2.3.5 — fixed in 2.3.5
• Wow-Company Calculator-Builder: before 1.5.1 — fixed in 1.5.1
• wpcalc Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress: before 1.2.2 — fixed in 1.2.2
• Float menu: before 5.0.2 — fixed in 5.0.2
• Wow-Company Floating Button: before 5.3.1 — fixed in 5.3.1
• Herd Effects: before 5.2.2 — fixed in 5.2.2
• Wow-Company Popup Box: before 2.2.2 — fixed in 2.2.2
• Side Menu Lite: before 4.0.2 — fixed in 4.0.2
• Sticky Buttons: before 3.1.1 — fixed in 3.1.1
• Wow Skype Buttons: before 4.0.2 — fixed in 4.0.2
• WP Coder – add custom html, css and js code: before 2.5.6 — fixed in 2.5.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Bubble Menu 3.0.4; Wow-Company Button Generator – easily Button Builder 2.3.5; Wow-Company Calculator-Builder 1.5.1; wpcalc Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress 1.2.2; Float menu 5.0.2; Wow-Company Floating Button 5.3.1; Herd Effects 5.2.2; Wow-Company Popup Box 2.2.2; Side Menu Lite 4.0.2; Sticky Buttons 3.1.1; Wow Skype Buttons 4.0.2; WP Coder – add custom html, css and js code 2.5.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/27e70507-fd68-4915-88cf-0b96ed55208e
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/27e70507-fd68-4915-88cf-0b96ed55208e

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