CVE-2023-2362 | Multiple Plugins from Wow-Company - Reflected XSS

Exp

The Float menu WordPress plugin before 5.0.2, Bubble Menu WordPress plugin before 3.0.4, Button Generator WordPress plugin before 2.3.5, Calculator Builder WordPress plugin before 1.5.1, Counter Box WordPress plugin before 1.2.2, Floating Button WordPress plugin before 5.3.1, Herd Effects WordPress plugin before 5.2.2, Popup Box WordPress plugin before 2.2.2, Side Menu Lite WordPress plugin before 4.0.2, Sticky Buttons WordPress plugin before 3.1.1, Wow Skype Buttons WordPress plugin before 4.0.2, WP Coder WordPress plugin before 2.5.6 do not escape the page parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Published: 2023-06-12 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-2362 is rated Exploit Available (52.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-2362

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-2362

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 2026-06-15 0.29% 0.46% +0.17%
2 2026-06-13 0.12% 0.29% +0.17%
3 2025-11-21 0.12%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-2362

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-2023-2362

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-2362

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wow-company bubble_menu < 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:bubble_menu:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:*
wow-company button_generator < 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:button_generator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
wow-company calculator-builder < 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:calculator-builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
wow-company counter_box < 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:counter_box:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
wow-company float_menu < 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:float_menu:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
wow-company floating_button < 5.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:floating_button:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
wow-company herd_effects < 5.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:herd_effects:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
wow-company popup_box < 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:popup_box:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
wow-company side_menu_lite < 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:side_menu_lite:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
wow-company sticky_buttons < 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:sticky_buttons:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
wow-company wow_skype_buttons < 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:wow_skype_buttons:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
wow-company wp_coder < 2.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:wp_coder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-2362

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