What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-11252?

CVE-2024-11252 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.9%.

Sassy Social Share CVE-2024-11252

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2024-11-30 security@wordfence.com

WordPress XSS Sassy Social Share

6.1

CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: wordfence

Severity by source

Vendor (wordfence) PRIMARY

6.1 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from Vendor (wordfence) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: wordfence

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Nov 30, 2024 - 06:15 cve.org

MEDIUM 6.1

DescriptionCVE.org

The Social Sharing Plugin - Sassy Social Share plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the heateor_mastodon_share parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.69 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

AnalysisAI

The Social Sharing Plugin - Sassy Social Share plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the heateor_mastodon_share parameter in all versions up to, and including,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The Social Sharing Plugin - Sassy Social Share plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the heateor_mastodon_share parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.69 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Affected products include: Heateor Sassy Social Share.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.