The Seraphinite Accelerator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'rt' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.20.28 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE-2023-5609 is a medium severity with CVSS 6.1 Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Seraphinite Accelerator. It affects Versions up to 2.20.28 and is fixed in 2.20.29.
CVE-2023-5609 is tracked for the Plugin Seraphinite Accelerator as medium severity with CVSS 6.1. The affected range is Versions up to 2.20.28. Update Seraphinite Accelerator to 2.20.29 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
seraphinite-accelerator
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2023-5609 |
| Patched Versions |
2.20.29
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 2.20.28
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.20.52 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery in OnAdminApi_HtmlCheck
Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.20.28 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via rt
Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.20.28 - Arbitrary Redirect via 'redir'
Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.20.47 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Log File
Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.28.14 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.28.14 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Log Clearing
Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.27.21 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Multiple Administrative Actions
Seraphinite Accelerator <= 2.22.15 (2.21.13 PRO) - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
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