Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler: Cross-site scripting
Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler
- Plugin slug
blog2social- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 21, 2021
This CVE was published Dec 21, 2021 and is one of 22 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler WordPress plugin before 6.8.7 does not sanitise and escape the b2sShowByDate parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N