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CVE-2025-5528: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in heateor Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share

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VulnerabilityCVE-2025-5528cvecve-2025-5528cwe-79
Published: Sat Jun 07 2025 (06/07/2025, 11:17:50 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: heateor
Product: Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share

Description

The Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the heateor_mastodon_share parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.75 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action, such as clicking on a link.

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AILast updated: 04/09/2026, 17:34:54 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2025-5528 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share for WordPress. The issue occurs due to improper neutralization of input in the heateor_mastodon_share parameter, enabling attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of a user's browser when they click a crafted link. This affects all versions up to and including 3.3.75. The vulnerability is unauthenticated and has a medium severity rating with a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). No patch or official fix has been documented in the provided data.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts such as theft of user session data or manipulation of webpage content. There is no impact on availability. The vulnerability requires user interaction (clicking a crafted link) and affects the confidentiality and integrity of user data within the affected WordPress plugin environment.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, users should consider disabling or removing the affected plugin version or implementing web application firewall (WAF) rules to block malicious payloads targeting the heateor_mastodon_share parameter. Avoid clicking on suspicious links that could exploit this vulnerability.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
Wordfence
Date Reserved
2025-06-03T13:46:09.631Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 68443c7f71f4d251b50d0049

Added to database: 6/7/2025, 1:19:59 PM

Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 5:34:54 PM

Last updated: 5/9/2026, 3:29:38 AM

Views: 80

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