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Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

ultimate-social-media-icons · plugin

Known security vulnerabilities for Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons. Find out in seconds which version runs on your site with WP Lens.

12 known vulnerabilities

6 exploitable without logging in · 1 with public exploit code · latest Oct 1, 2026

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  • 4 records needing no login published in the last two years.

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This assessment relies only on published vulnerability records and wordpress.org data; it does not review the code.

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Listed on wordpress.org · latest 3.0.2 · last updated Sep 18, 2026 · 100K+ installs

wordpress.org status checked on Oct 20, 2026

Vulnerabilities

  • CVE-2023-5602unauthenticated · needs a click≤ 2.8.5

    Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons <= 2.8.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

    High 8.8

  • CVE-2026-19723unauthenticated · needs a click→ 3.0.1

    Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons < 3.0.1 - Reflected XSS via Pin It Share Handler

    High 7.1

  • CVE-2026-66623unauthenticated · needs a click≤ 2.9.9

    WordPress Social Media & Share Icons plugin <= 2.9.9 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

    High 7.1

  • CVE-2026-19719contributor+→ 3.0.1

    Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons < 3.0.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Post Title

    Medium 6.8

  • CVE-2023-5070login required≤ 2.8.5

    Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons <= 2.8.5 - Information Exposure

    Medium 6.5

  • CVE-2026-89047unauthenticated · needs a click≤ 3.0.1

    Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons <= 3.0.1 - Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via URL

    Medium 6.1

  • CVE-2023-41238unauthenticated · needs a click≤ 2.8.3

    WordPress Social Media & Share Icons Plugin <= 2.8.3 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

    Medium 6.1

  • CVE-2024-2118admin→ 2.8.9

    Social Media Share Buttons < 2.8.9 - Admin+ Stored XSS via settings

    Medium 5.9

  • CVE-2024-37552high privilege≤ 2.9.1

    WordPress Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin <= 2.9.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

    Medium 5.4

  • CVE-2024-10362admin→ 2.9.1

    Social Media Share Buttons < 2.9.0 - Admin+ Stored XSS

    Medium 4.8

  • CVE-2024-31435unauthenticated · needs a click≤ 2.8.6

    WordPress Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin <= 2.8.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

    Medium 4.3

  • CVE-2023-34009login required≤ 2.8.1

    WordPress Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin <= 2.8.1 - Broken Access Control + CSRF

    Medium 4.3

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).

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