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Social Media Widget vulnerabilities
Social Media Widget has 1 known vulnerability in this database. The most recent published record is dated 12 Jul 2024.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 1
- Active installs
- 30,000+
- Latest version
- 4.0.9
- Last updated
- 10 Jun 2024
- Most recent
- 12 Jul 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-2024-0974 | Medium 4.8 | Before 4.0.9 | Fixed in 4.0.9 | 12 Jul 2024 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2024-0974, 12 Jul 2024
- The Social Media Widget WordPress plugin before 4.0.9 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 Social Media Widget
If you run Social Media Widget, 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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