PT-2025-21378 · WordPress · The Better Follow Button For Jetpack

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CVE-2023-7168

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Published

2025-05-15

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Updated

2025-06-09

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: The Better Follow Button for Jetpack WordPress plugin versions through 8.0
Description: The issue allows high privilege users, such as admins, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. This is possible because some settings are not properly sanitised and escaped, even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, for example in a multisite setup.
Recommendations: For The Better Follow Button for Jetpack WordPress plugin versions through 8.0, update to a version that properly sanitises and escapes its settings to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-7168

Affected Products

The Better Follow Button For Jetpack