CVE-2023-0074: WP Social Widget < 2.2.4 - 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: 2023-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The WP Social Widget WordPress plugin before 2.2.4 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

catchsquare WP Social Widget: before 2.2.4 — fixed in 2.2.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: catchsquare WP Social Widget 2.2.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82f543e3-9397-4364-9546-af5ea134fcd4
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82f543e3-9397-4364-9546-af5ea134fcd4

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