Vulnerability · Published Jan 30, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2023-0074WP Social Widget < 2.2.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in WP Social Widget from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The WP Social Widget WordPress plugin before 2.2.4 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Social Widget | 0 – before 2.2.4 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82f543e3-9397-4364-9546-af5ea134fcd4 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description