Vulnerability · Published Apr 17, 2024 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2024-2118Social Media Share Buttons < 2.8.9 - Admin+ Stored XSS via settings
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 65.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 2.8.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons | 0 – before 2.8.9 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9d53cb9-a5cb-49f5-bcba-295ae6fa44c3/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description