Vulnerability Details: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster
One of the changelog entries for the latest version of NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster is “Bug Fix – [Security] Several security fixes.” Looking at the changes made in that version we found that part of what that referred to was fixing a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) we disclosed back in November (that plugin was never removed from the Plugin Directory, so the WordPress team knowingly left a vulnerable plugin in the Plugin Directory for several months). We also found that another reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability had been fixed as well.
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This post provides insights on a vulnerability in the WordPress plugin NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster not discovered by us, where the discoverer hadn't provided the details needed for us to confirm the vulnerability while we were adding it to the data set for our service, so the rest of its contents are limited to subscribers of our service.
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