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CVE-2022-4971

MEDIUM 6.1 CVSS 3.1
Published
October 16, 2024
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Sassy Social Share plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'urls' parameter called via the 'heateor_sss_sharing_count' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 3.3.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products and versions

  • heateor Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share — Up to and including 3.3.3
  • heateor sassy_social_share — Up to and including 3.3.3

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4631519b-2060-43a0-b69b-b3d7ed94c705/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/85277960-2bba-4cd7-9f4c-e04f6743b96c?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record