cve/2023/CVE-2023-5057.md

### [CVE-2023-5057](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-5057)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=ActivityPub&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%3C%201.0.0%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-79%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20(XSS)&color=brighgreen)

### Description

The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not escape user metadata before outputting them in mentions, which could allow users with a role of Contributor and above to perform Stored XSS attacks

### POC

#### Reference
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/58a63507-f0fd-46f1-a80c-6b1c41dddcf5

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