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CVE-2023-2178: Aajoda Testimonials < 2.2.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Aajoda Testimonials WordPress plugin before 2.2.2 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected products

• Aajoda Testimonials: before 2.2.2 — fixed in 2.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Aajoda Testimonials 2.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e84b71f9-4208-4efb-90e8-1c778e7d2ebb
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e84b71f9-4208-4efb-90e8-1c778e7d2ebb

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