CVE-2024-8983: Custom Twitter Feeds WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack

medium Affects custom-twitter-feeds (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2024-10-08; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

Custom Twitter Feeds WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack

Package: custom-twitter-feeds (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <2.2.3
Fixed in: 2.2.3
Severity: medium CVSS 4.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (37.4th percentile)
Published: 2024-10-08
Source: nvd

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/29194dde-8d11-4096-a5ae-1d69c2c5dc33/

CWE-77

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