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CVE-2023-3051: Page Builder by AZEXO <= 1.27.133 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: none known
• Published: 2023-06-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Page Builder by AZEXO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'azh_post' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.27.133 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for contributor-level attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• azexo Page Builder with Image Map by AZEXO: through 1.27.133

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-builder-by-azexo/trunk/azexo_html.php#L2845
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-builder-by-azexo/trunk/azexo_html.php#L2856
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/24486605-9324-4f19-9ca3-340d006432db?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-builder-by-azexo/trunk/azexo_html.php#L2845
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-builder-by-azexo/trunk/azexo_html.php#L2856
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/24486605-9324-4f19-9ca3-340d006432db?source=cve

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