# CVE-2023-40554: WordPress Blog2Social Plugin <= 7.2.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via reflected XSS in the Blog2Social WordPress plugin, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6f44-mqhx-gmc2

## What is CVE-2023-40554?

CVE-2023-40554 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Blog2Social, Adenion Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler, published on 6 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blog2Social, Adenion Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler plugin <= 7.2.0 versions.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-40554?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adenion Blog2social.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-40554?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-40554 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-40554 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Blog2Social, Adenion Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler

- [CVE-2024-3549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3549/): Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler <= 7.4.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2019-13572](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13572/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-3246](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3246/): Blog2Social < 6.9.10 - Subscriber+ SQLi (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24137](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24137/): Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler < 6.3.1 - Authenticated SQL Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-3247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3247/): Blog2Social < 6.9.10 - Subscriber+ SSRF (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40554 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-40554 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Blog2Social, Adenion Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler, published on 6 Sep 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Blog2Social, Adenion Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40554/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40554/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40554
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40554
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-40554

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40554/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.