Feed Them Social: Cross-site scripting
Feed Them Social 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
- Feed Them Social
- Plugin slug
feed-them-social- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 22, 2022
This CVE was published Aug 22, 2022 and is one of 8 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Feed Them Social 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 Feed Them Social WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N