CVE-2021-24656

Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 3.2.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
4.8
CVSS Score
4.8
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
3.2.4
Patched in
862d
Time to patch

Description

The Simple Social Media Share Buttons WordPress plugin before 3.2.4 does not escape the Share Title settings before outputting it in the frontend pages or posts (depending on the settings used), allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=3.2.3
PublishedSeptember 13, 2021
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginsimple-social-buttons

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