CVE-2023-0074

MEDIUM
Published Jan 30, 20233y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.4 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jan 30, 2023 3y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.4
Exploitability
2.3
Impact
2.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
catchsquarewp_social_widget* <2.2.4

References 1

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82f543e3-9397-4364-9546-af5ea134fcd4
    ExploitThird Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.