CVE-2023-0372 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The EmbedStories WordPress plugin before 0.7.5 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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Embedsocial	Embedstories

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:embedsocial:embedstories:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9cf90ad8-4aa4-466c-a33e-4f2706815765

History

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-02-21T08:50:49.266Z

Updated: 2025-03-14T14:25:10.980Z

Reserved: 2023-01-18T07:13:17.473Z

Link: CVE-2023-0372

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:10:55.650Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T09:15:12.467

Modified: 2025-03-14T15:15:38.893

Link: CVE-2023-0372

Redhat

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