Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar <= 4.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-1717
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 18, 2022
Last Updated January 31, 2023
Researcher Asif Nawaz Minhas - Patchstack Alliance

Description

The Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 4.1 via several parameters. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that may execute when a victim accesses a page containing the malicious payload.

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Vulnerability Details for Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug custom-share-buttons-with-floating-sidebar (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1
Patched Version
  • 4.2

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