First published: Thu Sep 14 2023(Updated: )
The Feeds for YouTube for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'youtube-feed' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 2.1 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.
Credit: security@wordfence.com security@wordfence.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Smashballoon Feeds For Youtube | <=2.1 |
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The vulnerability ID for this vulnerability is CVE-2023-4841.
CVE-2023-4841 has a severity rating of medium (5.4).
The Feeds for YouTube for WordPress plugin is affected by CVE-2023-4841.
CVE-2023-4841 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
The vulnerability in the Feeds for YouTube for WordPress plugin can be exploited through the 'youtube-feed' shortcode by injecting malicious code.