CVE-2022-1626: Sharebar <= 1.4.1 - Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-07-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Sharebar WordPress plugin through 1.4.1 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack and also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping in some of them

Affected products

Sharebar: through 1.4.1

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3d1f90d9-45da-42f8-93f8-15c8a4ff90ca
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3d1f90d9-45da-42f8-93f8-15c8a4ff90ca

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