Vulnerability · Published Jan 2, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-4198WP Social Sharing <= 2.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in WP Social Sharing from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The WP Social Sharing WordPress plugin through 2.2 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 | WP Social Sharing | 0 – through 2.2 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ba372400-96f7-45a9-9e89-5984ecc4d1e2 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-33