CVE-2026-19723: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons
The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 does not properly escape a value taken from the incoming request before outputting it in an inline JavaScript event handler, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which is triggered when a user interacts with the affected button. Exploitation requires the Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 to be running a non-default icon display configuration.
CVE-2026-19723: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons
Description
The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 does not properly escape a value taken from the incoming request before outputting it in an inline JavaScript event handler, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which is triggered when a user interacts with the affected button. Exploitation requires the Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 to be running a non-default icon display configuration.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.1high
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-13T12:12:08.564Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a97bd33acd9273b49d9bbbe
Added to database: 09/02/2026, 06:07:47 UTC
Last updated: 09/03/2026, 01:59:23 UTC
Views: 14
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