CVE-2024-4094: Simple Share Buttons Adder < 8.5.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-06-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Simple Share Buttons Adder WordPress plugin before 8.5.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Affected products

Simple Share Buttons Adder: before 8.5.1 — fixed in 8.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Simple Share Buttons Adder 8.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/04b2feba-e009-4fce-8539-5dfdb4300433/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/04b2feba-e009-4fce-8539-5dfdb4300433/

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