Twittee Text Tweet: Cross-site scripting
Twittee Text Tweet 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
- Twittee Text Tweet
- Plugin slug
twittee-text-tweet- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jul 31, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Jul 31, 2023 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Twittee Text Tweet 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 Twittee Text Tweet WordPress plugin through 1.0.8 does not properly escape POST values which are printed back to the user inside one of the plugin's administrative page, which allows reflected XSS attacks targeting administrators to happen.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N