Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare <= 4.4.6.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
CVE-2024-1959
The Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'socialWarfare' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.6.1 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:0.42%
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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 <= 4.4.6.1 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
0.420%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Wordfence · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2024-02-27T20:25:39 |
| Published | 2024-05-02T16:51:45 |
| Last Updated | 2026-04-08T16:35:54 |
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