Stored XSS in Social Sharing (by Danny) plugin for WordPress

1) Stored cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU98522

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-9704

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via shortcode. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Social Sharing (by Danny): 1.0.6 - 1.3.7

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:dvankooten:dvk-social-sharing:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:dvankooten:dvk-social-sharing:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:dvankooten:dvk-social-sharing:1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

External links

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/dvk-social-sharing/social-sharing-by-danny-137-authenticated-contributor-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-shortcode
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3167056%40dvk-social-sharing&new=3167056%40dvk-social-sharing&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.