Simple Social Media Share Buttons < 3.2.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Priority LOW 23CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Simple Social Media Share Buttons WordPress plugin before 3.2.4 does not escape the Share Title settings before outputting it in the frontend pages or posts (depending on the settings used), allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00617 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone (Unknown): 3.2.4
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone | 3.2.4 to before 3.2.4 | 3.2.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone VendorUnknown Affected 3.2.4 to before 3.2.4 Fixed in 3.2.4 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone (Unknown) Fixed in 3.2.4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24656
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jr4w-g4rp-m3m8
References
More WPBrigade Simple Social Buttons vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-05381 Simple Social Buttons < 5.1.1 - Unauthenticated Password Protected Post Access CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-12651 Simple Social Media Share Buttons < 6.0.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-24656 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-24656 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jr4w-g4rp-m3m8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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