CVE-2022-2383: The Feed Them Social WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

medium Affects feed-them-social (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-08-22; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The Feed Them Social WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Package: feed-them-social (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <3.0.1
Fixed in: 3.0.1
Severity: medium CVSS 6.1
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 6% (93.3th percentile)
Published: 2022-08-22
Source: nvd

References

CWE-79

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