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CVE-2023-47850: WordPress Community by PeepSo Plugin <= 6.2.2.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in PeepSo Community by PeepSo – Social Network, Membership, Registration, User Profiles allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Community by PeepSo – Social Network, Membership, Registration, User Profiles: from n/a through 6.2.2.0.

MediumCVSS 6.5Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Plain-English summary

A WordPress site using PeepSo Community through version 6.2.2.0 may allow a logged-in user to store malicious script that runs when another user views affected content. This can expose user data, alter page behavior, or support session abuse within the site context.

Executive priority

Prioritize remediation for public or customer-facing community sites, especially where many users can create content. This is not rated critical, but stored XSS can damage trust and enable account-level compromise.

Technical view

CVE-2023-47850 is a stored cross-site scripting issue in PeepSo Community by PeepSo, mapped to CWE-79. The CVSS 3.1 score is 6.5 with network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required, and changed scope.

Likely exposure

Exposure is limited to WordPress installations running the PeepSo Community plugin at versions up to 6.2.2.0. Sites with community, membership, registration, or profile features enabled are the likely review target.

Exploitation context

The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or other evidence of active exploitation. The CVSS vector indicates an attacker needs low privileges and another user must interact with stored content before impact occurs.

Researcher notes

Evidence is sufficient for affected product, vulnerability class, severity, and CVSS conditions. The provided bundle does not name a fixed version, exact vulnerable input, proof of exploitation, or vendor-specific workaround.

Mitigation direction

  • Inventory WordPress sites for the PeepSo Community plugin and version.
  • Treat versions through 6.2.2.0 as affected.
  • Check PeepSo and Patchstack guidance for the fixed version or vendor mitigation.
  • Reduce untrusted user posting and profile-editing permissions until remediated.
  • Review logs for unusual profile, community, or membership content changes.

Validation and detection

  • Confirm plugin name and version from WordPress admin or asset inventory.
  • Compare installed versions against the affected range through 6.2.2.0.
  • Review rendered user-generated content for unexpected script execution indicators.
  • Check whether untrusted or low-privileged accounts can create stored content.
  • Verify remediation against vendor or Patchstack guidance before closing.
Prepared
Confidence
medium
Sources
3

Public sources used

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Potential ATT&CK relevance

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cwe · medium confidence lookup

CWE-79: User-session and phishing behavior lookup

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CVE-2023-47850 mapping review

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.5 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
2Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

We collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.

ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
6.5CVSS 3.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L2.33.7Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

6.5Medium
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2023-47850Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
PeepSoCommunity by PeepSo – Social Network, Membership, Registration, User Profilespeepso-core, n/aunaffected
Weakness

CWE details

CWE-79

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