CVE-2023-0371 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The EmbedSocial WordPress plugin before 1.1.28 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

Published: 2023-02-21

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

EmbedSocial

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.1.28

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:embedsocial:embedsocial:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-12432	The EmbedSocial WordPress plugin before 1.1.28 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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00198.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b6381cd-fa31-4cc7-8b42-063a4c545577

History

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 20:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79

Subscriptions

Embedsocial Embedsocial

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-21T08:50:52.506Z

Updated: 2025-03-13T20:02:26.271Z

Reserved: 2023-01-18T07:13:00.909Z

Link: CVE-2023-0371

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:55.602Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T09:15:12.397

Modified: 2025-03-13T20:15:14.330

Link: CVE-2023-0371

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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