Medium severity4.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 29, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2023-6165
CVE-2023-6165
Description
The Restrict Usernames Emails Characters WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:benaceur-php:restrict_usernames_emails_characters:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <3.1.4
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <3.1.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/youki992/youki992.github.io/blob/master/others/apply2.mdnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/aba62286-9a82-4d5b-9b47-1fddde5da487/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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