CVE-2024-1219: easysocialfeed easy_social_feed Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-1219 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in easysocialfeed easy_social_feed. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 17-04-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 01-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Easy Social Feed WordPress plugin before 6.5.6 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LDiffers
- NVDNIST5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.30%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
22%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.30% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Easysocialfeed1 product
- easy_social_feed< 6.5.6
Unknown1 product
- easy social feed< 6.5.6
Wordpress1 product
- easy-facebook-likebox≤ 6.5.5 (fixed in 6.5.6)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/ce4ac9c4-d293-4464-b6a0-82ddf8d4860b/ExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory