cve/2023/CVE-2023-0371.md

### [CVE-2023-0371](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-0371)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=EmbedSocial&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%3C%201.1.28%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The EmbedSocial WordPress plugin before 1.1.28 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

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0b6381cd-fa31-4cc7-8b42-063a4c545577

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.