What is CVE-2021-24746?

CVE-2021-24746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Heateor Sassy Social Share, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-24746?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24746 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Heateor Sassy Social Share

CVE-2021-24746

The Social Sharing Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.3.40 does not escape the viewed post URL before outputting it back in onclick attributes when the "Enable 'More' icon" option is enabled (which is the default setting), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.022 (81.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Heateor Sassy_social_share
Unknown Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Share — versions 3.3.40

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24746?: CVE-2021-24746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Heateor Sassy Social Share, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-24746?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24746 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.