CVE-2023-0059: Youzify < 1.2.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Youzify WordPress plugin before 1.2.2 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.

Affected products

Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress: before 1.2.2 — fixed in 1.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Youzify – BuddyPress Community, User Profile, Social Network & Membership Plugin for WordPress 1.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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