CVE-2024-1278

Summary

CVE-2024-1278 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Easy Social Feed plugin for WordPress, specifically the 'efb_likebox' shortcode, in versions up to 6.5.4. This issue arises due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes, granting authenticated attackers, including those with contributor-level access or higher, the ability to inject malicious web scripts. These scripts will execute whenever a user visits an injected page, posing a significant security risk.

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