CVE-2021-24746: Sassy Social Share < 3.3.40 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Social Sharing Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.3.40 does not escape the viewed post URL before outputting it back in onclick attributes when the "Enable 'More' icon" option is enabled (which is the default setting), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Affected products

heateor Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share: before 3.3.40 — fixed in 3.3.40

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: heateor Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share 3.3.40. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/99f4fb32-e312-4059-adaf-f4cbaa92d4fa
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/99f4fb32-e312-4059-adaf-f4cbaa92d4fa

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