Vulnerability · Published Jun 10, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-4577Smash Balloon Custom Facebook Feed <= 4.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via `data-color` Attribute
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress from smub. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the data-color attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| smub | Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress | 0 – through 4.3.1 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec3de7e2-4a29-401f-af2c-0ce78d768eae?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-facebook-feed/tags/4.3.0/assets/js/cff-scripts.js#L245
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-facebook-feed/tags/4.3.0/assets/js/cff-scripts.js#L254