EmbedStories – Display social media stories

EmbedStories – Display social media stories has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2023; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.4, and the most serious one scores 6.4 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for EmbedStories – Display social media stories has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by István Márton. EmbedStories – Display social media stories is installed on roughly 200 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.0.14.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium

6.4/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.4CVE-2023-0372

EmbedStories <= 0.7.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2023-01-30 00:00	EmbedStories <= 0.7.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode EmbedStories <= 0.7.4	`CVE-2023-0372`	6.4 Medium	István Márton	Yes

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Latestv0.7.5

EmbedStories – Display social media stories

Author

embedsocial

5.0(3)

100/100

Last Updated

2023-01-24 (4y ago)

Active Installs

200+

Downloads

10,496

Requires WP

4.0+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 6.0.14

Created

2018-03-08 (9y ago)

EmbedStories allows you to easily embed Instagram Stories on your website EmbedStories Save and Embed Instagram Stories on Any Website. LEARN MORE | FREE TRIAL This is a unique tool that can fetch and embed your Instagram stories on your WordPress website with a simple shortcode. Once you embed the code it will automatically update every time you post a new story on your Instagram account. To start using EmbedStories, click here to create an account. Features Fetch the latest story published on your instagram account Every-time you add a photo or video to the story, the web widget will reflect the changes, in just a few minutes. Automatically archive all stories Embed entire story on any website with a simple embeddable code Customize the look of the story slider Create story gallery from multiple Instagram stories Settings show the latest Instagram story show story from a specific date order by date autoplay Interval Customize title Customize navigation Check out the Live DEMO and see how an Instagram story displays on a website.

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