CVE-2023-23491

Exp

The Quick Event Manager WordPress Plugin, version < 9.7.5, is affected by a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the 'category' parameter of its 'qem_ajax_calendar' action.

Published: 2023-01-20 Last update: 2025-04-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-23491 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.09%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.39% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-23491

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-23491

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-29 9.70% 11.09% +1.39%
2 2026-03-04 12.45% 9.70% -2.75%
3 2026-03-01 — 12.45% —

Full EPSS history (43 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-23491

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-23491

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-23491

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fullworksplugins quick_event_manager < 9.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:fullworksplugins:quick_event_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-23491

URL Tags
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-3 Exploit Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence