Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
CVE-2023-4842
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.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
6.4
MEDIUM
Exploitability:3.2
Impact Score:2.8
EPSS Probability:0.57%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-79 ↗CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| warfareplugins | Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare | 0 <= 4.4.3 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
0.566%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Wordfence · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2023-09-08T13:21:26 |
| Published | 2023-11-07T11:31:08 |
| Last Updated | 2026-04-08T17:06:33 |
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