CVE-2023-0379 json
Spotlight Social Feeds < 1.4.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
published 2023-02-13 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-12440
- cvss
- 5.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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
Patch / fix
- Unknown Spotlight Social Feeds [Block, Shortcode, and Widget] 1.4.3
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 19 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/14b4f0c5-c7b1-4ac4-8c9c-f8c35ca5de4a referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- Unknown Spotlight Social Feeds [Block, Shortcode, and Widget]
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/14b4f0c5-c7b1-4ac4-8c9c-f8c35ca5de4a
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-0379
- NVD CVE-2023-0379
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