CVE-2024-0700 — The Simple Tweet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripti
The Simple Tweet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Tweet this text value in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with auth
Published
2024-03-13T16:15:13.403
Last modified
2026-04-08T19:19:16.230
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
01What is this vulnerability?
The Simple Tweet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Tweet this text value in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an…
02Affected products
No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2024-03-13T16:15:13.403
- Last modified: 2026-04-08T19:19:16.230
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/wTeBwAA/PoC-SimpleTweet/blob/main/POST-request
- wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-tweet/
- www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5da021c-3835-4251-a3e…
- github.com — https://github.com/wTeBwAA/PoC-SimpleTweet/blob/main/POST-request
- wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-tweet/
- www.wordfence.com — https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a5da021c-3835-4251-a3e…
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