๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2024-8729

MEDIUM 6.1

Easy Social Share Buttons <= 1.4.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Easy Social Share Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor brianbrey
Product easy social share buttons
Published Oct 10, 2024
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

brianbrey / Easy Social Share Buttons
0 โ‰ค 1.4.5

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b616bb6c-0861-4920-a589-f2c5bb819164?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-social-share-buttons/trunk/includes/class-easy-social-share-buttons-settings.php#L271

Credits

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