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.

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 s…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.154 (96.4th 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
Heateor Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Share — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (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.