CVE-2022-4484: Super Socializer < 7.13.44 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-01-16 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin WordPress plugin before 7.13.44 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

Affected products

the_champ Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin – Super Socializer: before 7.13.44 — fixed in 7.13.44

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: the_champ Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin – Super Socializer 7.13.44. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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