CVE-2023-39161: WordPress Discussion Board plugin <= 2.4.8 - Content Injection vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 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: none known
Published: 2024-06-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-80

Description

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in WP Discussion Board Discussion Board allows Content Spoofing, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).This issue affects Discussion Board: from n/a through 2.4.8.

Affected products

WP Discussion Board Discussion Board: through 2.4.8

References

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-discussion-board/wordpress-discussion-board-plugin-2-4-8-content-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-discussion-board/wordpress-discussion-board-plugin-2-4-8-content-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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