CVE-2023-6165

MediumCVSS 4.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Restrict Usernames Emails Characters WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Metrics

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

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Restrict Usernames Emails Characters	< 3.1.4

References

https://github.com/youki992/youki992.github.io/blob/master/others/apply2.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aba62286-9a82-4d5b-9b47-1fddde5da487/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/youki992/youki992.github.io/blob/master/others/apply2.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aba62286-9a82-4d5b-9b47-1fddde5da487/Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 29, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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