trustindex Widgets for Social Photo Feed Plugin up to 1.7.9 on WordPress feed_data cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in trustindex Widgets for Social Photo Feed Plugin up to 1.7.9 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation of the argument feed_data causes cross site scripting. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-5425. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in trustindex Widgets for Social Photo Feed Plugin up to 1.7.9 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument feed_data with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Widgets for Social Photo Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'feed_data' parameter keys in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The weakness was shared by Nabil Irawan. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-5425 since 04/02/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.7.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-18989). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• trustindex

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• Widgets for Social Photo Feed Plugin

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• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2
• 1.7.3
• 1.7.4
• 1.7.5
• 1.7.6
• 1.7.7
• 1.7.8
• 1.7.9

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