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CVE-2023-0370: WPB Advanced FAQ <= 1.0.6 - 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: 2023-03-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WPB Advanced FAQ WordPress plugin through 1.0.6 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

• WPB Advanced FAQ: before 1.06 — fixed in 1.06

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WPB Advanced FAQ 1.06. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4f5597f9-ab27-42d2-847c-14455b7d0849
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4f5597f9-ab27-42d2-847c-14455b7d0849

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