CVE-2023-5057

Medium

Description

The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not escape user metadata before outputting them in mentions, which could allow users with a role of Contributor and above to perform Stored XSS attacks

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.4
Exploit probability—
ProductAutomattic Activitypub
PublishedOct 16, 2023
First seenOct 16, 2023

How to fix

Update
  • automattic activitypub1.0.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
automattic activitypubv < 1.0.01.0.0

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