vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: simple-social-buttons: CVE-2021-24486: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jul 26, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | Jun 24, 2025 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 26, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jun 24, 2025
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.
Solution
simple-social-buttons-plugin-cve-2021-24486
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