WordPress Share Buttons Plugin – AddThis
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Known security vulnerabilities for WordPress Share Buttons Plugin – AddThis. Find out in seconds which version runs on your site with WP Lens.
1 known vulnerabilities
latest Sep 25, 2019
Closed on wordpress.org
Removed from the directory on Mar 27, 2023 · reason: guideline violation. A closed component gets no more updates; installed copies keep running and their vulnerabilities stay open. Remove it or replace it with a maintained alternative.
wordpress.org status checked on Oct 4, 2026
Vulnerabilities
- Medium 4.8
CVE-2015-9439high privilege
The addthis plugin before 5.0.13 for WordPress has CSRF with resultant XSS via the wp-admin/options-general.php?page=addthis_social_widget p
The access label is read from the record's own text (e.g. “subscriber+”: subscriber and above). When the text names no role, CVSS decides between “login required” and “high privilege”; no role name is invented. “Needs a click”: the attack depends on a logged-in user following a link (CSRF, reflected XSS).