CVE-2024-2118

MEDIUM EPSS 32.4%
Published Apr 17, 20242y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.9 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Apr 17, 2024 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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)

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.9
Exploitability
1.7
Impact
3.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
32.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
inisevsocial_media_share_buttons_\&_social_sharing_icons* <2.8.9

References 1

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9d53cb9-a5cb-49f5-bcba-295ae6fa44c3/
    ExploitThird Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.