CVE-2021-24612: Sociable <= 4.3.4.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-10-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Sociable WordPress plugin through 4.3.4.1 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

Sociable: through 4.3.4.1

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/12f1ed97-d392-449d-b25c-42d241693888
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/12f1ed97-d392-449d-b25c-42d241693888

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