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 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)

EPSS: 0.158 (96.5th 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.