Meks Easy Social Share < 1.2.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-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 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Meks Easy Social Share WordPress plugin before 1.2.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00677 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Meks Easy Social Share (Unknown): 1.2.8
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Meks Easy Social Share | 1.2.8 to before 1.2.8 | 1.2.8 | Patch available | CNA |
- Meks Easy Social Share VendorUnknown Affected 1.2.8 to before 1.2.8 Fixed in 1.2.8 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Meks Easy Social Share (Unknown) Fixed in 1.2.8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-2574
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c8qq-qq98-vh37
- 2026-10-14 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
Sources
- CVE-2022-2574 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-2574 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c8qq-qq98-vh37 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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