Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 3.2.2 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24486
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published July 26, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher apple502j
Description

The Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone WordPress plugin before 3.2.3 did not escape the align and like_button_size parameters of its SSB shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-social-buttons (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.2
Patched Version
  • 3.2.3
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