TI-2023-04458 Aliases CVE-2023-4842 GHSA-mfxr-7r69-92fv

Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

LOW 29CWE-79Published 2023-11-07 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'social_warfare' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 4.4.3 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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00561 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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
warfareplugins	Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare	up to 4.4.3	—	No fix listed	CNA

Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare Vendorwarfareplugins Affected up to 4.4.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare::::::wordpress::*	up to 4.4.3	Vulnerable	warfareplugins

cpe:2.3:a:warfareplugins:social_warfare:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 4.4.3 Vulnerable ·warfareplugins

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-4842
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mfxr-7r69-92fv

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2982662/social-warfare#file0

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f5b9aff-0833-4887-ae59-df5bc88c7f91?source=cve

Other 2

TI-2019-07343 The social-warfare plugin before 3.5.3 for WordPress has stored XSS via the… KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2021-03290 Social Warfare <= 3.5.2 - Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2023-00383 Social Warfare <= 4.3.0 - Missing Authorization CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2023-00384 Social Warfare <= 4.3.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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