CVE-2024-1989: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in heateor Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share
The Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'Sassy_Social_Share' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.58 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes such as 'url'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2024-1989 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the heateor Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share for WordPress. The flaw exists in the handling of the 'Sassy_Social_Share' shortcode, where user-supplied attributes like 'url' are not properly sanitized or escaped before output. This allows authenticated contributors or higher to inject malicious scripts that persist in pages and execute in the context of users viewing those pages. The vulnerability affects all plugin versions up to 3.3.58. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.4 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, required privileges, no user interaction, scope change, and limited confidentiality and integrity impact without availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker with contributor-level or higher permissions can inject persistent malicious scripts into pages via the vulnerable shortcode attributes. These scripts execute in the browsers of users who visit the infected pages, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or other client-side impacts. The vulnerability does not affect availability and has limited confidentiality and integrity impact as per the CVSS vector. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict contributor-level permissions to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share if feasible. Monitor vendor channels for updates and apply patches promptly once released.
CVE-2024-1989: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in heateor Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share
Description
The Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'Sassy_Social_Share' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.58 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes such as 'url'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-1989 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the heateor Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share for WordPress. The flaw exists in the handling of the 'Sassy_Social_Share' shortcode, where user-supplied attributes like 'url' are not properly sanitized or escaped before output. This allows authenticated contributors or higher to inject malicious scripts that persist in pages and execute in the context of users viewing those pages. The vulnerability affects all plugin versions up to 3.3.58. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.4 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, required privileges, no user interaction, scope change, and limited confidentiality and integrity impact without availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker with contributor-level or higher permissions can inject persistent malicious scripts into pages via the vulnerable shortcode attributes. These scripts execute in the browsers of users who visit the infected pages, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or other client-side impacts. The vulnerability does not affect availability and has limited confidentiality and integrity impact as per the CVSS vector. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict contributor-level permissions to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share if feasible. Monitor vendor channels for updates and apply patches promptly once released.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-02-28T20:09:40.219Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6d46b7ef31ef0b56fe9f
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:44:38 PM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 7:12:07 AM
Last updated: 4/12/2026, 2:01:28 PM
Views: 12
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