Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- István Márton
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f5b9aff-0833-4887-ae59-df5bc88c7f91?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-warfare/tags/4.4.1/lib/buttons-panel/SWP_Buttons_Panel_Trait.php#L304
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-warfare/tags/4.4.1/lib/buttons-panel/SWP_Buttons_Panel_Trait.php#L877
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2982662/social-warfare#file0
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