cve/2023/CVE-2023-0074.md

### [CVE-2023-0074](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-0074)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=WP%20Social%20Widget&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=%3D%200%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The WP Social Widget WordPress plugin before 2.2.4 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/82f543e3-9397-4364-9546-af5ea134fcd4

#### Github
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