ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech < 1.7.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Priority MEDIUM 58Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech WordPress plugin before 1.7.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00623 50th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech (Unknown): 1.7.7
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech | before 1.7.7 | 1.7.7 | Patch available | CNA |
- ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech VendorUnknown Affected before 1.7.7 Fixed in 1.7.7 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:responsivevoice:responsivevoice_text_to_speech:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 1.7.6 | Vulnerable | Responsivevoice |
- cpe:2.3:a:responsivevoice:responsivevoice_text_to_speech:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 1.7.6 Vulnerable ·Responsivevoice
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech (Unknown) Fixed in 1.7.7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0070
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c79j-hwqj-4w5h
- 2026-11-04 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-0070 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-0070 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c79j-hwqj-4w5h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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