Spotlight Social Feeds < 1.4.3 - 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 Spotlight Social Feeds WordPress plugin before 1.4.3 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block 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 0.00526 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Spotlight Social Feeds [Block, Shortcode, and Widget] (Unknown): 1.4.3
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 | Spotlight Social Feeds [Block, Shortcode, and Widget] | before 1.4.3 | 1.4.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Spotlight Social Feeds [Block, Shortcode, and Widget] VendorUnknown Affected before 1.4.3 Fixed in 1.4.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Spotlight Social Feeds [Block, Shortcode, and Widget] (Unknown) Fixed in 1.4.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0379
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-77h4-2fq7-7c25
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-0379 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-0379 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-77h4-2fq7-7c25 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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