InventoryPress <= 1.7 - Author+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The InventoryPress WordPress plugin through 1.7 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow users with the role of author and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01129 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | InventoryPress | up to 1.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- InventoryPress VendorUnknown Affected up to 1.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:inventorypress_project:inventorypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 1.7 | Vulnerable | Inventorypress Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:inventorypress_project:inventorypress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 1.7 Vulnerable ·Inventorypress Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2579
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j4gg-9rwv-9gxg
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-2579 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-2579 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j4gg-9rwv-9gxg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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