The Awesome Feed – Custom Feed <= 2.2.5 - Reflected XSS

2023-10-2700:00:00

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plugin security xss admin privilege parameters software

AI Score

5.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

17.0%

JSON

Description The plugin does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in the page, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wp-facebook-feed/wordpress-the-awesome-feed-custom-feed-plugin-2-2-5-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wp-facebook-feed/the-awesome-feed-custom-feed-225-reflected-cross-site-scripting