CVE-2023-4549 | DoLogin Security < 3.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Exp

The DoLogin Security WordPress plugin before 3.7 does not properly sanitize IP addresses coming from the X-Forwarded-For header, which can be used by attackers to conduct Stored XSS attacks via WordPress' login form.

Published: 2023-09-25 Last update: 2026-03-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2023-4549 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.30%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2023-4549

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-4549

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 2025-11-21 1.96% 1.30% -0.66%
2 2025-11-18 1.30% 1.96% +0.66%
3 2025-09-18 1.30%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-4549

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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-4549

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-4549

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wpdo dologin_security < 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:wpdo:dologin_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-4549

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