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Meks Easy Social Share vulnerabilities
Meks Easy Social Share has 1 known vulnerability in this database. The most recent published record is dated 17 Oct 2022.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 1
- Active installs
- 10,000+
- Latest version
- 1.3
- Last updated
- 29 Jul 2024
- Most recent
- 17 Oct 2022
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2022-2574 | Medium 4.8 | Before 1.2.8 | Fixed in 1.2.8 | 17 Oct 2022 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2022-2574, 17 Oct 2022
- The Meks Easy Social Share WordPress plugin before 1.2.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup) CVE record
What to do if you run Meks Easy Social Share
If you run Meks Easy Social Share, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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