CVE-2023-45008 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WPJohnny Comment Reply Email plugin <= 1.0.3 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wpjohnny	Comment Reply Email

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpjohnny:comment_reply_email:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/comment-reply-email/wordpress-comment-reply-email-plugin-1-0-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2023-10-18T07:53:20.258Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:08:41.862Z

Reserved: 2023-10-02T10:33:37.984Z

Link: CVE-2023-45008

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:14:18.229Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-18T08:15:07.947

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:26:13.567

Link: CVE-2023-45008

Redhat

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