CVE-2023-45759 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Peter Keung Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam plugin <= 3.2.2 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00193.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Peterkeung	Peter\'s Custom Anti-spam

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:peterkeung:peter\'s_custom_anti-spam:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/peters-custom-anti-spam-image/wordpress-peter-s-custom-anti-spam-plugin-3-2-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-10-24T11:48:20.947Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:44.081Z

Reserved: 2023-10-12T12:45:14.808Z

Link: CVE-2023-45759

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:29:31.667Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-25T18:17:34.293

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:27:19.420

Link: CVE-2023-45759

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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