Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2023· Updated Mar 27, 2025
WP Tabs < 2.1.17 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
CVE-2023-0071
Description
The WP Tabs WordPress plugin before 2.1.17 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.
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Affected products
2- Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/tabs
- Range: <2.1.17
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wpscan.com/vulnerability/3834a162-2cdc-41e9-9c9d-2b576eed4db9mitreexploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
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