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CVE-2023-0372: EmbedStories < 0.7.5 - 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 EmbedStories WordPress plugin before 0.7.5 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

• EmbedStories: before 0.7.5 — fixed in 0.7.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: EmbedStories 0.7.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9cf90ad8-4aa4-466c-a33e-4f2706815765
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9cf90ad8-4aa4-466c-a33e-4f2706815765

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