Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain subscriber-level WordPress account
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DeliverySubmit crafted 'response' parameter payload
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ExploitPayload stored in gs-alert-* options
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ExecutionAdmin opens GetSocial settings page
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PersistScript executes in admin session
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ImpactEscalate to full site compromise
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated WordPress account with at least subscriber-level access on a site running the Social Share Buttons & Analytics - GetSocial.io plugin version ≤4.5; the attacker injects script via the 'response' parameter, which is stored in the gs-alert-msg, gs-alert-utm, and gs-alert-cta options. Execution is NOT immediate: the stored payload only runs when a logged-in administrator visits the GetSocial settings page in wp-admin, so an admin must view that specific page for impact to occur. Practical limiting factors: the target site must permit the attacker to hold a subscriber account (e.g., open user registration or compromised low-priv credentials), and the plugin at the affected version must be installed and active. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely moderate (not high-priority) issue. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N = 6.4 MEDIUM) describes a network-reachable, low-complexity stored XSS that requires only PR:L (subscriber-level authentication) and carries a scope change (S:C) because the payload stored by a low-privileged user executes in a higher-privileged administrator's browser. No EPSS score, KEV listing, POC flag, or SSVC decision data was supplied, so exploitation probability and in-the-wild activity cannot be quantified from this input - there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The signals are internally consistent (network vector matches a web plugin; PR:L matches the stated subscriber requirement), so there is no conflict to flag, but the real-world risk is bounded by two facts the raw score understates: an attacker must first obtain a WordPress account on the target (subscriber registration must be open or credentials obtained), and the payload only fires when an administrator happens to visit the GetSocial settings page. Net result: a real but constrained privilege-escalation-via-XSS path, not a mass-exploitable critical. EPSS would almost certainly be low; treat as routine-patch priority unless the site allows open user registration, which raises urgency. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers or uses an existing subscriber-level account on a WordPress site running GetSocial.io ≤4.5 and submits a crafted 'response' parameter containing a JavaScript payload, which is stored unsanitized in the gs-alert-msg/gs-alert-utm/gs-alert-cta options. When an administrator later opens the GetSocial settings page, the script executes in their authenticated session, enabling actions such as creating a rogue admin or planting a backdoor. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data; exploitation is low-complexity (AC:L) but gated by the need for a valid low-privileged account and an admin viewing the affected page. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in the Social Share Buttons & Analytics plugin - GetSocial.io for WordPress (all versions up to and including 4.5) lets an authenticated attacker with at least subscriber-level access save arbitrary JavaScript through the 'response' parameter into the gs-alert-msg, gs-alert-utm and gs-alert-cta options, which then executes in an administrator's browser when the GetSocial settings page is opened. Exploitation is constrained: the payload is not immediate and only fires on that specific wp-admin page, and the attacker must already hold a low-privileged account on the target site (for example through open registration). There is no public exploit code identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV; the assessment is that this is a genuinely moderate, not high-priority, issue.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch is identified in the available intelligence; the only references supplied point at the source code of the vulnerable 4.5 tag, not at a fixed release, so the surest remediation is to deactivate and remove the Social Share Buttons & Analytics - GetSocial.io plugin from any WordPress installation where it is active (deactivating alone stops the template from rendering the stored payload, and removing it eliminates the vulnerable code path entirely). Because the malicious script is persisted in the database rather than in the request, deletion should be followed by cleaning the wp_options table rows whose option_name begins with gs-alert- (gs-alert-msg, gs-alert-utm, gs-alert-cta) so that any payload injected before removal is not executed if the plugin is ever reinstalled. Until the plugin is removed, apply compensating controls: disable open user registration and audit existing accounts for unexpected subscribers, since the prerequisite is any authenticated subscriber-level account; review wp_options for the gs-alert-* entries and clear them; and restrict access to the GetSocial settings page so administrators do not load it while tainted data remains. A WAF rule blocking suspicious content in the 'response' parameter offers only partial protection because it cannot see or cleanse already-stored values, and it adds latency and false-positive risk on legitimate plugin traffic - treat it as a temporary stopgap, not a fix. Monitor the Wordfence advisory at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/86f9c68f-73ab-4f2b-8424-8515cdf82577?source=cve for a patched version, and re-check the plugin's Trac page for tags later than 4.5 before reapplying.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation / cross-site scripting). The plugin accepts the 'response' parameter without adequate sanitization and then persists it into WordPress options storage (the gs-alert-msg, gs-alert-utm and gs-alert-cta options) rather than escaping it on input or output. The vulnerable paths are visible in the plugin's 4.5 source: the template that renders the alert markup (tmpl/alerts.php line 18), the main plugin file (wp-share-buttons-analytics-getsocial.php lines 38 and 54) and the helper library (lib/gs.php line 72), which together write and later print the unescaped option values on the GetSocial settings screen. Because the value is stored server-side, this is a persistent (stored) XSS rather than a reflected one, and it will affect every administrator who loads the settings page until the option is cleaned. The CVSS 3.1 vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N confirms a network-reachable, low-complexity issue that requires some privileges (PR:L - authenticated), needs no user interaction other than the victim administrator naturally visiting the settings page, and is scored with Scope Changed (S:C) because the injected script runs in the security context of the wp-admin session, giving the attacker low-level confidentiality and integrity impact within the admin's browser session. The affected package is the WordPress plugin published by joaoromao under the slug wp-share-buttons-analytics-by-getsocial, identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:joaoromao:social_share_buttons_&_analytics_plugin_-_getsocial.io:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable plugin parameter with low-privilege (subscriber) auth gives AV:N/AC:L/PR:L; stored payload executing in a higher-privileged admin context is a scope change (S:C) with limited C/I and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The Social Share Buttons & Analytics Plugin - GetSocial.io plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'response' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The injected payload is stored in the gs-alert-msg, gs-alert-utm, and gs-alert-cta WordPress options and executes in an administrator's browser when the GetSocial settings page is visited.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
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