XSS in Heateor Super Socializer
CVE-2021-24987
The Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin WordPress plugin before 7.13.30 does not sanitise and escape the urls parameter in its the_champ_sharing_count AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users) before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Heateor Super Socializer
- Social Share, Login And Comments Plugin – Super Socializer — versions 7.13.30
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/a14b668f-812f-46ee-827e-0996b378f7f0 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-24987?
- CVE-2021-24987 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Heateor Super Socializer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-04-11.
- How severe is CVE-2021-24987?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-24987 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.