Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin: Cross-site scripting
Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin is affected by cross-site scripting. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin
- Plugin slug
super-socializer- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 11, 2022
This CVE was published Apr 11, 2022 and is one of 10 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
No fixed release is identified. Update Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin WordPress plugin before 7.13.30 does not sanitise and escape the urls parameter in its the_champ_sharing_count AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users) before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N