WP Social Meta Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WordPress

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the WP Social Meta plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions through 1.0.1. The issue arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with administrator-level permissions to inject arbitrary scripts. These scripts are executed when users access the affected pages. This vulnerability is present in multi-site installations where unfiltered HTML is disabled.

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

No known patch is available. It is recommended to review the vulnerability details and consider uninstalling the affected plugin.