SB2025080429 - Stored cross-site scripting in Ocean Social Sharing plugin for WordPress
Published: August 4, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025080429
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-7500)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the social icon titles. 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ocean-social-sharing/tags/2.2.1/template/social-share.php#L100
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ocean-social-sharing/tags/2.2.1/template/social-share.php#L176
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ocean-social-sharing/tags/2.2.1/template/social-share.php#L262
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ocean-social-sharing/tags/2.2.1/template/social-share.php#L84
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3331993%40ocean-social-sharing&new=3331993%40ocean-social-sharing&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7683e708-b7cb-444e-9069-f33e4ef3ac76?source=cve