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Simple Share Buttons Adder vulnerabilities
Simple Share Buttons Adder has 4 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 18 Jun 2024.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 4
- Active installs
- 40,000+
- Latest version
- 8.7.0
- Last updated
- 20 Aug 2026
- Most recent
- 18 Jun 2024
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-2024-4094 | Medium 5.4 | Before 8.5.1 | Fixed in 8.5.1 | 18 Jun 2024 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2024-0621 | Medium 4.4 | Before 8.4.12 | Fixed in 8.4.12 | 29 Feb 2024 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2015-9303 | Medium 6.1 | Before 6.0.0 | Fixed in 6.0.0 | 12 Aug 2019 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2014-4717 | Not scored | Up to 4.4 | Fixed in a later version (latest 8.7.0) | 3 Jul 2014 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2024-4094, 18 Jun 2024
- The Simple Share Buttons Adder WordPress plugin before 8.5.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as editors to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed CVE record
- CVE-2024-0621, 29 Feb 2024
- The Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.11 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. CVE record
- CVE-2015-9303, 12 Aug 2019
- The simple-share-buttons-adder plugin before 6.0.0 for WordPress has XSS. CVE record
- CVE-2014-4717, 3 Jul 2014
- Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin before 4.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) ssba_share_text parameter in a save action to wp-admin/options-general.php, which is not properly handled in the homepage, and unspecified vectors related to (2) Pages, (3) Posts, (4) Category/Archive pages or (5) post Excerpts. CVE record
What to do if you run Simple Share Buttons Adder
If you run Simple Share Buttons Adder, 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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