CVE-2023-5940: WP Not Login Hide <= 1.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS

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: 2023-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Not Login Hide (WPNLH) WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

WP Not Login Hide (WPNLH): through 1.0

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d594c00d-2905-449b-80cd-95965a96cd4b
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d594c00d-2905-449b-80cd-95965a96cd4b

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