WZ Followed Posts WordPress Plugin Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the WZ Followed Posts – Display what visitors are reading plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions through 3.1.0. The vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes in the plugin's 'wfp' shortcode. This flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which are executed when users access the affected pages.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for stored cross-site scripting, where injected scripts are executed in the context of the user viewing the page.

Remediation

Users are advised to update the WZ Followed Posts – Display what visitors are reading plugin to version 3.1.1 or a newer patched version.