Social Share And Social Locker – ARSocial < 1.4.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS
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 Social Share And Social Locker WordPress plugin before 1.4.2 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 0.00326 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Social Share And Social Locker (Unknown): 1.4.2
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 | Social Share And Social Locker | before 1.4.2 | 1.4.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Social Share And Social Locker VendorUnknown Affected before 1.4.2 Fixed in 1.4.2 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:reputeinfosystems:social_share_and_social_locker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.4.2 | Vulnerable | reputeinfosystems |
- cpe:2.3:a:reputeinfosystems:social_share_and_social_locker:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·reputeinfosystems
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Social Share And Social Locker (Unknown) Fixed in 1.4.2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-11189
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7gvw-8492-45cx
References
Sources
- CVE-2024-11189 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-11189 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7gvw-8492-45cx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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