Vulnerability · Published Feb 13, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2023-0379Spotlight Social Feeds < 1.4.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Spotlight Social Feeds [Block, Shortcode, and 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 55.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Spotlight Social Feeds WordPress plugin before 1.4.3 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block 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 | Spotlight Social Feeds [Block, Shortcode, and Widget] | 0 – before 1.4.3 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/14b4f0c5-c7b1-4ac4-8c9c-f8c35ca5de4a exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description