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CVE-2023-5609: Seraphinite Accelerator < 2.20.29 - Reflected XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 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: 2023-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Seraphinite Accelerator WordPress plugin before 2.2.29 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Affected products

• seraphinitesoft Seraphinite Accelerator: before 2.2.29 — fixed in 2.2.29

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: seraphinitesoft Seraphinite Accelerator 2.2.29. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aac4bcc8-b826-4165-aed3-f422dd178692
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aac4bcc8-b826-4165-aed3-f422dd178692

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