CVE-2024-54423 HIGH

CVE-2024-54423: WordPress Social Media Sharing plugin <= 1.1 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability

Vendor Jesse Overright

Product Social Media Sharing

Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF

Published December 16, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Jesse Overright Social Media Sharing social-media-sharing allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Social Media Sharing: from n/a through <= 1.1.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Social Media Sharing versions 1.1 and earlier contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. An attacker can craft a malicious link or page that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without their knowledge. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the site.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Trick a logged-in admin into performing unwanted actions on the site via a malicious link or page.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

An attacker can modify site settings, create accounts, or change content if an admin visits a malicious page.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Admin must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled page or click a malicious link.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 16, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54423 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html AskarLabs — CWE-352 write-up Cross-Site Request Forgery

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