CVE-2023-5738
WordPress Backup & Migration < 1.4.5 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS
The WordPress Backup & Migration WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Subscriber to perform 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 WordPress Backup & Migration WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2023-5738- 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 No score
WordPress Backup & Migration < 1.4.5 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS
The WordPress Backup & Migration WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
CVE-2023-5738- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-58024
The WordPress Backup & Migration WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
EUVD-2023-58024- CVSS
- 0.0 None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mgqv-g9mm-hg88
The WordPress Backup & Migration WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some...
The WordPress Backup & Migration WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
- Record
GHSA-mgqv-g9mm-hg88- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-5738 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Unknown Wordpress Backup & Migration, published November 27, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.