CVE-2024-8983

Custom Twitter Feeds < 2.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Published Oct 8, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 4.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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 attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Custom Twitter Feeds WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 is not filtering some of its settings allowing high privilege users to inject scripts. 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 attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-77
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Smashballoon
Smashballoon custom Twitter Feeds
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:smashballoon:custom_twitter_feeds:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Smashballoon
Smashballoon custom Twitter Feeds
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Custom Twitter Feeds WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 is not filtering some of its settings allowing high privilege users to inject scripts.
Title Custom Twitter Feeds < 2.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 27, 2025, 12:00 PM
Reserved
Sep 18, 2024, 7:23 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 8, 2024, 6:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:23 AM