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Social Media Share Buttons EUVDEUVD-2026-90543

| CVE-2026-89047 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-10-01 Wordfence GHSA-85vv-xjp4-x52m
6.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Wordfence
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft URL with XSS payload
  2. Delivery
    Deliver link to mobile victim
  3. Exploit
    Victim clicks WeChat share icon
  4. Execution
    Unsanitized URL reflected into dialog
  5. Persist
    Script auto-executes in browser session
  6. Impact
    Session/credential theft or action in victim context

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

Exploitation requires reflected injection via a URL parameter processed by the plugin's WeChat share feature (ultimate-social-media-icons, versions ≤3.0.1). Two concrete limiting conditions apply: the victim must be using a mobile user-agent, and the victim must click the WeChat share icon - only then does the share dialog open and the injected script execute automatically without further interaction. This is unauthenticated from the attacker's side (PR:N) but depends on social-engineering a specific mobile share action, which substantially limits realistic exploitation versus a no-interaction flaw.

Impact

This is a textbook reflected XSS (CWE-79) with a moderate 6.1 CVSS (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), and the real-world risk is lower than the network-unauthenticated framing suggests because exploitation is gated by two uncommon preconditions baked into the description: the victim must be on a mobile user-agent AND must actively click the WeChat share icon. The CVSS vector correctly captures this as UI:R with only Low confidentiality/integrity impact and a scope change (reflected script runs in the victim's browser session against the vulnerable page's origin). No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so the exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis' - this is not evidence of active exploitation, and reflected XSS requiring a social-engineered click on a niche mobile share path is more opportunistic/targeted than mass-exploitable. Compared with stored or unauthenticated-no-interaction XSS, the required victim interaction plus the mobile+WeChat constraint meaningfully narrows the attack surface. Overall this is a legitimate but routine patch-when-convenient issue rather than an emergency, with the main concern being the plugin's install base.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious URL to a page on a site running the plugin, embedding a script payload in a URL parameter that is reflected unsanitized into the WeChat share logic. The attacker lures a mobile victim into clicking the link and then the WeChat share icon; once the share dialog opens, the injected JavaScript executes automatically in the victim's browser session with no further interaction. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 01, 2026

Reflected cross-site scripting in the WordPress plugin Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons (slug ultimate-social-media-icons, vendor inisev) affects all versions up to and including 3.0.1, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject script into a crafted URL that executes in the browser of a victim who opens it and triggers the plugin's WeChat share dialog. Exploitation is gated by two conditions baked into the vulnerable path: the victim must be browsing with a mobile user-agent and must click the WeChat share icon, after which the injected script runs automatically without further interaction (CVSS 3.1 base 6.1, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N). No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) were identified at time of analysis, and the practical risk is lower than the unauthenticated network framing suggests because of the mobile-agent and share-click preconditions.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch status: the upstream changeset 3702016 in the plugin's Trac repository corresponds to the fix for this issue - treat it as an upstream fix (PR/commit); a released patched version number is not independently confirmed in the available data, so site owners should update to the first plugin release published after 3.0.1 and verify the installed version once it is available. Until that update is applied, the most direct compensating control is to disable or remove the WeChat share icon (and, where feasible, the plugin's share-button output entirely) so the vulnerable WeChat share dialog is never rendered - the trade-off is loss of that specific sharing channel, and deactivating the plugin removes all share buttons from the site. If the plugin cannot be updated or disabled, deploy a Web Application Firewall or WordPress security ruleset (for example Wordfence, which reported the flaw) that inspects URL query strings for script payloads and blocks them, accepting that generic XSS signatures can cause false positives on legitimate query parameters. Restricting the plugin's exposure to authenticated or trusted visitor groups is not a clean fix because the trigger is client-side and depends on the victim's user agent, so blocking is better applied at the URL/WAF layer. Track the Wordfence advisory and the plugin's changelog to confirm when a patched release is published, and monitor site logs for reflected XSS probes against plugin-related parameters in the meantime.

Affected VersionsENISA

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 0 ≤3.0.1

Affected Packages

euvd social_media_share_buttons_social_sharing_icons no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is a classic CWE-79 reflected cross-site scripting issue in a WordPress plugin rather than in WordPress core. The plugin accepts URL-supplied input and fails to sanitize it on input or escape it on output, so attacker-controlled markup is reflected back into the rendered page where the browser executes it as script. The referenced source locations confirm the affected code paths: plugin JavaScript at js/custom.js (tag 3.0.1, around line 420) and the widget rendering logic at libs/sfsi_widget.php (tag 3.0.1, around line 1671), which together handle the WeChat share flow. Scope is changed (S:C) because the injected script runs in the context of the victim's site page, giving the attacker script access to that origin; confidentiality and integrity impacts are low (C:L/I:L) and availability is unaffected (A:N). The CPE cpe:2.3:a:inisev:social_media_share_buttons_&_social_sharing_icons:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* marks the entire plugin line as in scope, with 3.0.1 as the last affected release. Because the trigger lives in URL handling plus a JavaScript-driven share dialog, the payload only materializes after a mobile user-agent is detected and the WeChat icon is clicked, which constrains exploitability compared to a no-interaction reflected XSS.

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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
vuln.today AI 6.1 MEDIUM

Unauthenticated reflected XSS needs victim interaction (click WeChat icon on mobile), so UI:R; cross-origin script execution yields S:C with Low C/I and no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).

CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the victim to be on a mobile user-agent and to click the WeChat share icon, though once the dialog opens, script execution is automatic and requires no further user interaction.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
widely-used WordPress social-share plugin with large install base
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

30
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +30
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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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