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Simple Social Media Share Buttons vulnerabilities
Simple Social Media Share Buttons has 4 known vulnerabilities in this database. The most recent published record is dated 15 Apr 2025.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 4
- Active installs
- 20,000+
- Latest version
- 7.1.0
- Last updated
- 4 Aug 2026
- Most recent
- 15 Apr 2025
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-2024-13610 | Medium 4.8 | Before 6.0.0 | Fixed in 6.0.0 | 15 Apr 2025 |
| Security weakness CVE-2023-5845 | Medium 5.3 | Before 5.1.1 | Fixed in 5.1.1 | 27 Nov 2023 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2021-24656 | Medium 4.8 | Before 3.2.4 | Fixed in 3.2.4 | 11 Oct 2021 |
| Cross-site scripting (XSS) CVE-2021-24486 | Medium 5.4 | Before 3.2.3 | Fixed in 3.2.3 | 23 Aug 2021 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2024-13610, 15 Apr 2025
- The Simple Social Media Share Buttons WordPress plugin before 6.0.0 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
- CVE-2023-5845, 27 Nov 2023
- The Simple Social Media Share Buttons WordPress plugin before 5.1.1 leaks password-protected post content to unauthenticated visitors in some meta tags CVE record
- CVE-2021-24656, 11 Oct 2021
- The Simple Social Media Share Buttons WordPress plugin before 3.2.4 does not escape the Share Title settings before outputting it in the frontend pages or posts (depending on the settings used), allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed. CVE record
- CVE-2021-24486, 23 Aug 2021
- The Simple Social Media Share Buttons - Social Sharing for Everyone WordPress plugin before 3.2.3 did not escape the align and like_button_size parameters of its SSB shortcode, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. CVE record
What to do if you run Simple Social Media Share Buttons
If you run Simple Social Media Share Buttons, 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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