Order Your Posts ManuallyWordPress extension · Cagewebdev
CVE-2023-32510
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Rolf van Gelder Order Your Posts Manually plugin <= 2.2.5 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceAn unauthenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Rolf van Gelder 'Order Your Posts Manually' WordPress plugin versions 2.2.5 and below allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript through unsanitized user input that gets reflected back in the HTTP response without proper output encoding.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Order Your Posts ManuallyWordPress extension
<= 2.2.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify plugin is installedCheck WordPress plugins directory for 'order-your-posts-manually' folder or list installed plugins via WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if The 'Order Your Posts Manually' plugin appears in the installed plugins list and is active
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Check installed plugin versionView the plugin header in the main plugin file (order-your-posts-manually.php) or check the version displayed in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if The displayed version is 2.2.5 or lower, or the version cannot be determined (older unversioned releases are also affected)
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Confirm plugin is activeIn WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins, verify the 'Order Your Posts Manually' plugin shows as ActiveAffected if The plugin is currently active - the XSS is exploitable against any visitor or admin viewing the reflected parameter
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Identify the vulnerable parameterThe reflected XSS occurs in user input that gets returned in the HTTP response without encoding; typical WordPress plugin XSS vectors are URL query parameters like 'orderby' or similar sorting/filtering parametersAffected if Any URL parameter handling within the plugin functionality is accessible to unauthenticated users
If the plugin is installed, active, and the version is 2.2.5 or below, the environment is vulnerable to unauthenticated reflected XSS via the plugin's unsanitized input reflection.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate the plugin to the latest available version (greater than 2.2.5) which should contain proper input sanitization and output encoding. If no patched version exists, deactivate and remove the plugin until a fix is released.
Latest available version from WordPress plugin repository (check for version > 2.2.5)
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find 'Order Your Posts Manually' in the plugin list
- Check if an update is available and click 'Update Now'
- Alternatively, navigate to Dashboard > Updates and apply available updates
- Verify the update completed successfully
- Test that the plugin functionality works as expected
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing1.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-32510 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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