Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Social Media Shortcodes Plugin for WordPress

CVE-2025-10166

What is CVE-2025-10166?

The Social Media Shortcodes plugin for WordPress suffers from a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping in the 'twitter' shortcode. This flaw allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access or higher, to inject malicious web scripts into the pages. When a user visits any page containing the injected script, it has the potential to execute, leading to significant security risks for users and data integrity.

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