# CVE-2024-2159: Sassy Social Share < 3.3.61 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

> Contributors can inject malicious scripts via shortcode attributes in the Sassy Social Share plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-55jv-x7fj-7mg4

## What is CVE-2024-2159?

CVE-2024-2159 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Social Sharing Plugin , published on 26 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Social Sharing Plugin  WordPress plugin before 3.3.61 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2159?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Heateor Sassy Social Share.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2159?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2159 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2159 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2159 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Social Sharing Plugin 

- [CVE-2021-39321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39321/): Sassy Social Share 3.3.23 PHP Object Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-1989](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1989/): Cross-site scripting in Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-1448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1448/): Sassy Social Share <= 3.3.56 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2025-5528](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5528/): Cross-site scripting in Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-11252](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11252/): Cross-site scripting in Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2159 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2159 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Social Sharing Plugin , published on 26 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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-2024-2159 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Social Sharing 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-2024-2159/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2159/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2159
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2159
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2159

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2159/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.