CVE-2023-0422
Article Directory <= 1.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
The Article Directory WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not properly sanitize the publish_terms_text setting before displaying it in the administration panel, which may enable administrators to conduct Stored XSS attacks in multisite contexts.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Article Directory WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not properly sanitize the publish_terms_text setting before displaying it in the administration panel, which may enable administrators to conduct Stored XSS attacks in multisite contexts.
- Record
CVE-2023-0422- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Article Directory <= 1.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
The Article Directory WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not properly sanitize the publish_terms_text setting before displaying it in the administration panel, which may enable administrators to conduct Stored XSS attacks in multisite contexts.
- Record
CVE-2023-0422- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-12479
The Article Directory WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not properly sanitize the publish_terms_text setting before displaying it in the administration panel, which may enable administrators to conduct Stored XSS attacks in multisite contexts.
- Record
EUVD-2023-12479- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xhhx-vhgj-8jwx
The Article Directory WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not properly sanitize the ...
The Article Directory WordPress plugin through 1.3 does not properly sanitize the publish_terms_text setting before displaying it in the administration panel, which may enable administrators to conduct Stored XSS attacks in multisite contexts.
- Record
GHSA-xhhx-vhgj-8jwx- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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-2023-0422 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Article Directory Project Directory, published April 10, 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.