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HistoryOct 05, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

WordPress Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons Plugin < 2.8.4 XSS Vulnerability

2023-10-0500:00:00
Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
4
xss vulnerability
wordpress
social media share buttons
cross-site scripting
version 2.8.4

CVSS3

7.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

AI Score

7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

20.2%

The WordPress plugin

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:ultimatelysocial:social_media_share_buttons_%26_social_sharing_icons";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127575");
  script_version("2023-10-13T16:09:03+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-13 16:09:03 +0000 (Fri, 13 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-10-05 11:20:00 +0000 (Thu, 05 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-09-28 14:33:00 +0000 (Thu, 28 Sep 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-41238");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("WordPress Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons Plugin < 2.8.4 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/ultimate-social-media-icons/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'Social Media Share Buttons & Social
  Sharing Icons' is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before
  outputting it back in the page, leading to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS).");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons
  plugin prior to version 2.8.4.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.8.4 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/ultimate-social-media-icons/wordpress-social-media-share-icons-plugin-2-8-3-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "2.8.4" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.8.4", install_path: location );
  security_message( data: report, port: port );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

CVSS3

7.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

AI Score

7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

20.2%

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