XSS in Heateor Sassy Social Share
CVE-2022-4971
The Sassy Social Share plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'urls' parameter called via the 'heateor_sss_sharing_count' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 3.3.3 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.
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: 0.173 (97.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.162 · newest: 0.173 · change: +0.011
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/85277960-2bba-4cd7-9f4c-e04f6… (Third Party Advisory)
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/4631519b-2060-43a0-b69b-b3d7ed94c705/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-4971?
- CVE-2022-4971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Heateor Sassy Social Share, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-10-16.
- How severe is CVE-2022-4971?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-4971 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.