PT-2024-39208 · WordPress · Easy Social Share Buttons

Dale Mavers + 1 · Published 2024-10-09 · Updated 2024-10-15 · CVE-2024-8729

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Easy Social Share Buttons plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.4.5

Description: The issue arises from the use of add query arg without proper escaping on the URL, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages. This can be executed if a user is tricked into performing an action like clicking on a link. The attackers can exploit this to inject scripts, potentially leading to various malicious activities.

Recommendations: For versions up to, and including, 1.4.5, update to a version higher than 1.4.5 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the add query arg function until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8729

Affected Products

Easy Social Share Buttons

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8729 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8729 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/7544 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b616bb6c-0861-4920-a589-f2c5bb819164?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/98065 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/97712 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1844204383468138529 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-social-share-buttons/trunk/includes/class-easy-social-share-buttons-settings.php#L271 · Note