CVE-2023-4963
The WS Facebook Like Box Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'ws-facebook-likebox' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 5.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The WS Facebook Like Box Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'ws-facebook-likebox' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 5.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- webshouters/ws facebook like box widget
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ws-facebook-likebox/trunk/includes/shortcodes.php#L22Product
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8bebc229-9d15-439f-a8df-f68455bc5193?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ws-facebook-likebox/trunk/includes/shortcodes.php#L22Product
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8bebc229-9d15-439f-a8df-f68455bc5193?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.