CVE-2023-5940

MediumCVSS 4.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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)

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CVSS 3.1 4.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 11, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2023-5940: Medium severity, CVSS 4.8 | Vulnix