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CVE-2023-5229: E2Pdf < 1.20.20 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scriping

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 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 E2Pdf WordPress plugin before 1.20.20 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

• e2pdf: before 1.20.20 — fixed in 1.20.20

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: e2pdf 1.20.20. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fb6ce636-9e0d-4c5c-bb95-dde1d2581245
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fb6ce636-9e0d-4c5c-bb95-dde1d2581245

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