CVE-2023-4842
Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'social_warfare' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 4.4.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
| CWE | CWE-79 |
| Vendor | warfareplugins |
| Product | social sharing plugin – social warfare |
| Published | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
warfareplugins / Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare
0 ≤ 4.4.3
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f5b9aff-0833-4887-ae59-df5bc88c7f91?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-warfare/tags/4.4.1/lib/buttons-panel/SWP_Buttons_Panel_Trait.php#L304 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-warfare/tags/4.4.1/lib/buttons-panel/SWP_Buttons_Panel_Trait.php#L877 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2982662/social-warfare#file0
Credits
István Márton