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CVE-2025-46451: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Syed Balkhi Floating Social Bar

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-46451cvecve-2025-46451
Published: Thu Apr 24 2025 (04/24/2025, 16:09:18 UTC)
Source: CVE
Vendor/Project: Syed Balkhi
Product: Floating Social Bar

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Floating Social Bar floating-social-bar allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Floating Social Bar: from n/a through <= 1.1.7.

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AILast updated: 05/01/2026, 13:54:32 UTC

Technical Analysis

The Syed Balkhi Floating Social Bar plugin versions up to 1.1.7 suffer from a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability due to improper input neutralization during web page generation. This allows attackers with high privileges and requiring user interaction to inject malicious scripts that can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability to a limited extent. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, user interaction required, and a scope change with low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with high privileges to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users' browsers, potentially leading to data disclosure, modification, or disruption of service. The impact is limited to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low severity on each, resulting in an overall medium severity rating.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users should consider restricting access to the plugin to trusted administrators and avoid exposing it to untrusted users. Monitor vendor channels for updates and apply patches promptly once available.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
Patchstack
Date Reserved
2025-04-24T14:22:16.422Z
Cisa Enriched
true

Threat ID: 682d983fc4522896dcbf093e

Added to database: 5/21/2025, 9:09:19 AM

Last enriched: 5/1/2026, 1:54:32 PM

Last updated: 5/8/2026, 5:44:43 PM

Views: 66

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