CVE-2023-0097
Post Grid, Post Carousel, & List Category Posts < 2.4.19 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
The Post Grid, Post Carousel, & List Category Posts WordPress plugin before 2.4.19 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Post Grid, Post Carousel, & List Category Posts WordPress plugin before 2.4.19 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2023-0097- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Post Grid, Post Carousel, & List Category Posts < 2.4.19 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
The Post Grid, Post Carousel, & List Category Posts WordPress plugin before 2.4.19 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2023-0097- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-12196
The Post Grid, Post Carousel, & List Category Posts WordPress plugin before 2.4.19 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2023-12196- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8hw8-3xpp-fr77
The Post Grid, Post Carousel, & List Category Posts WordPress plugin before 2.4.19 does not...
The Post Grid, Post Carousel, & List Category Posts WordPress plugin before 2.4.19 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
GHSA-8hw8-3xpp-fr77- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-0097 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Unknown Post Grid, Post Carousel, & List Category Posts, published January 30, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.