# CVE-2022-4484: Super Socializer < 7.13.44 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes, potentially compromising admin accounts in the Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c82p-3hcf-6c2v

## What is CVE-2022-4484?

CVE-2022-4484 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin, published on 16 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin WordPress plugin before 7.13.44 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admins.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4484?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Heateor Super Socializer.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4484?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4484 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4484 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4484 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin

- [CVE-2024-9946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9946/): Auth bypass in Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin – Super Socializer (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-35882](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35882/): WordPress Super Socializer Plugin <= 7.13.52 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-24987](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24987/): Super Socializer < 7.13.30 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-13230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13230/): SQL injection in Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin – Super Socializer (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-2836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2836/): Super Socializer < 7.13.64 - Editor+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4484 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4484 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin, published on 16 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4484 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Social Share, Social Login and Social Comments Plugin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4484/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4484/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4484
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4484
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4484

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4484/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.