# CVE-2024-2088: NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure

> Authenticated subscribers can extract sensitive social network API keys and secrets from the NextScripts Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 May 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-784q-2fw8-cpw8

## What is CVE-2024-2088?

CVE-2024-2088 is a high-severity vulnerability in NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster, published on 22 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.3 via the 'nxs_getExpSettings' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to extract sensitive data including social network API keys and secrets.

Weakness: CWE-202 (Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2088?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nextscripts Social Networks Auto Poster.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2088?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2088 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2088 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2088 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster

- [CVE-2024-37275](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37275/): WordPress NextScripts plugin <= 4.4.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-49183](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49183/): WordPress NextScripts Plugin <= 4.4.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2021-25072](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25072/): NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster < 4.3.25 - Arbitrary Post Deletion via CSRF (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-1762](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1762/): NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User Agent (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2021-24975](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24975/): NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster < 4.3.24 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2088 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2088 is a high-severity vulnerability in NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster, published on 22 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2088 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster. 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-2024-2088/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2088/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2088
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2088
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2088

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2088/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.