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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 allo...

CVE-2023-0379 · published 3 years ago
Summary

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

What to do
  • Update rebelcode spotlight_social_feeds to version 1.4.3 or later.
Affected software
VendorProductAffected versions
rebelcode spotlight_social_feeds < 1.4.3
cpe:2.3:a:rebelcode:spotlight_social_feeds:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Original advisory text
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 allo...
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
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit
  • Gives an attacker partial control
Severity
5.4 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Timeline
Published13 Feb 2023
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2023-0379 · NVD
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