Name: CVE-2023-0371: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-02-21T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2023-0371, CWE-79, CVSS 5.4, EPSS 0.00457

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

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.4
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Embedalbum Pro Plugin	—	Update embedalbum-pro plugin to version 1.1.28, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Jan 30, 2023

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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