CVE-2023-0177
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
The Social Like Box and Page by WpDevArt WordPress plugin before 0.8.41 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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.4
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
Published
2023-02-13 15:15:21.093000
Last modified
2026-10-28 19:10:00.193000
View original CVE JSON
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