Social Networks Auto PosterWordPress extension · Nextscripts
CVE-2023-49183
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in NextScripts NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster: from n/a through 4.4.2.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in the WordPress plugin NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript through unsanitized user input that gets reflected back in web pages. The vulnerability exists in versions through 4.4.2.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Social Networks Auto PosterWordPress extension
<= 4.4.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the plugin installation directoryCheck the WordPress plugins folder (wp-content/plugins/) for a folder named 'social-networks-auto-poster' or similar variant containing 'nextscripts' or 'snap' in the name.Affected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress installation.
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Identify the plugin version numberOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually the first .php file in the plugin folder) and locate the 'Version:' header in the plugin comment block at the top of the file.Affected if The version listed is 4.4.2 or lower.
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Confirm the plugin is activeQuery the WordPress database table 'wp_options' (or wp_#_options where # is the site ID) for the option_name 'active_plugins', or check through WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins.Affected if The plugin appears in the list of active plugins.
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Assess exposure to user input reflectionReview plugin settings pages and any publicly accessible forms or parameters that accept user input and reflect it back into the HTML response without sanitization.Affected if Any plugin functionality accepts URL parameters or form input that gets displayed on a page without proper encoding.
The environment is affected if the NextScripts Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin is installed, active, and runs version 4.4.2 or lower, with user input being reflected in web pages.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to a patched version of the plugin if available, or apply proper input sanitization and output encoding to all user-supplied parameters before rendering in HTML pages.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-49183 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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