Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons Plugin Setting cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons Plugin up to 2.9.0 on WordPress and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-10362. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons Plugin up to 2.9.0 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 2.9.1 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

The weakness was released by Krugov Artyom. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-10362 since 10/24/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.9.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-15365). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.3

VulDB Base Score: 2.4
VulDB Temp Score: 2.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons Plugin 2.9.1

Timelineinfo

10/24/2024 🔍
05/16/2025 +204 days 🔍
05/16/2025 +0 days 🔍
06/10/2025 +25 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Researcher: Krugov Artyom
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-10362 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-10362
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-309151
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2025 08:13
Updated: 06/10/2025 07:44
Changes: 05/16/2025 08:13 (57), 05/20/2025 23:47 (1), 06/10/2025 07:44 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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