WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons < 3.0.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Post Title
Description
The plugin does not escape the post title before outputting it in an inline JavaScript event handler, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which are triggered when a visitor interacts with the affected button.
Exploitation requires the plugin to be running a non-default icon display configuration.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Mohammed Abd Alrahman
Submitter
Mohammed Abd Alrahman
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-31 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-08-31 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-31 (about 1 day ago)