What is CVE-2024-8729?

CVE-2024-8729 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brianbrey Easy Social Share Buttons, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2024-8729?

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

Is CVE-2024-8729 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Brianbrey Easy Social Share Buttons

CVE-2024-8729

The Easy Social Share Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5. This makes it possible…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (19.9th 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

Brianbrey Easy Social Share Buttons — versions 0
Idiom Easy_social_share_buttons

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8729?: CVE-2024-8729 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brianbrey Easy Social Share Buttons, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2024-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2024-8729?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8729 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.