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

Bob Matyas · Published 2025-05-15 · Updated 2025-06-09 · CVE-2023-7168

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

AV: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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-7168

Affected Products

The Better Follow Button For Jetpack

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/715ded45-04ee-40c1-8acb-bd40d0fe30ec · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7168 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-7168 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/125134 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1923115380865691797 · Twitter Post