CVE-2024-8729 Easy Social Share Buttons <= 1.4.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via reflected XSS in the Easy Social Share Buttons WordPress plugin, requiring user interaction.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-8729?
CVE-2024-8729 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in brianbrey Easy Social Share Buttons, published on 10 Oct 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 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8729?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Idiom Easy Social Share Buttons.
How do I fix CVE-2024-8729?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8729 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-8729 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8729 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pjrc-h9ff-jhqw.