WordPress Social Sharing Plugin Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
CVE-2024-2159

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Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Social Sharing Plugin
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 April 2024

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

The Social Sharing Plugin for WordPress, prior to version 3.3.61, is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to inadequate validation and escaping of shortcode attributes. Contributors and users with higher roles could exploit this weakness to inject malicious scripts into posts or pages, potentially compromising the security and integrity of the website. Website administrators are advised to update to the latest version of the plugin to mitigate this vulnerability.

Affected Version(s)

Social Sharing Plugin 0 < 3.3.61

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2024-2159 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7fa9849-c82a-4efd-84b6-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

Credit

Dmitrii Ignatyev
WPScan
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