CVE-2023-23878

Medium

Published: 04 April 2023

Published

04 April 2023

Modified

07 May 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS Score 0.0018 39.0th percentile

Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-23878 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Weplugins Wp Maps. Its CVSS base score is 5.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 39.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth. (editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in flippercode WordPress Plugin for Google Maps – WP MAPS plugin <= 4.3.9 versions.

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

weplugins

wp maps

≤ 4.4.0

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.