CVE-2026-2498: WP Social Meta · Cross-site Scripting
Affects WP Social MetaSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.4 Medium.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 13% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Feb 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bulkthemeWP Social Meta | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until an official fix is released, administrators should limit access to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the WP Social Meta plugin in multi-site environments or where unfiltered_html is disabled. Monitoring for plugin updates from bulktheme is recommended to apply any forthcoming patches promptly.
Description
The WP Social Meta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/313906d3-3999-4255-b9ac-580d9d3e80e6?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-social-meta/trunk/wpsm.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-social-meta/tags/1.0.1/wpsm.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-social-meta/trunk/wpsm.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-social-meta/tags/1.0.1/wpsm.php (opens in a new tab)