CVE-2023-4823: WP Meta and Date Remover < 2.2.0 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS

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: yes
Published: 2023-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Meta and Date Remover WordPress plugin before 2.2.0 provides an AJAX endpoint for configuring the plugin settings. This endpoint has no capability checks and does not sanitize the user input, which is then later output unescaped. Allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber change them and perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting.

Affected products

prasadkirpekar WP Meta and Date Remover: before 2.2.0 — fixed in 2.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: prasadkirpekar WP Meta and Date Remover 2.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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