Spotlight Social Feeds < 1.4.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
CVE-2023-0379

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Spotlight Social Feeds [block, Shortcode, And Widget]
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 February 2023

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2023-0379?

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

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Affected Version(s)

Spotlight Social Feeds [Block, Shortcode, and Widget] 0 < 1.4.3

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2023-0379 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/14b4f0c5-c7b1-4ac4-8c9c-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
WPScan
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