CVE-2021-36848 LOW

CVE-2021-36848: WordPress Social Media Feather plugin <= 2.0.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Socialmediafeather

Product Social Media Feather (WordPress plugin)

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published April 11, 2022

Last update April 28, 2026

View on NVD All CVEs

CVSS base score

3.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality None

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Social Media Feather (WordPress plugin) versions <= 2.0.4

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Social Media Feather versions up to 2.0.4 contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows high-privilege users to inject malicious scripts. The vulnerability requires user interaction and affects the site's integrity. Site administrators should update the plugin to a version newer than 2.0.4.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they visit affected pages.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Admins or editors could be tricked into executing scripts that modify site content or steal session data.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level WordPress privileges (e.g., admin or editor role) and trick a user into visiting a crafted link.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 11, 2022 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36848 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2021-36848

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 3.4 / LOW

Affected versions