# CVE-2024-8761: Share This Image <= 2.03 - Open Redirect via link Parameter

> Unauthenticated attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via the link parameter in the Share This Image WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5fm7-x255-7994

## What is CVE-2024-8761?

CVE-2024-8761 is a high-severity vulnerability in mihail-barinov Share This Image, published on 17 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Share This Image plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 2.03. This is due to insufficient validation on the redirect url supplied via the link parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially malicious sites if they can successfully trick them into performing an action.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8761?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wp-Unit Share This Image.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8761?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8761 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8761 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8761 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in mihail-barinov Share This Image

- [CVE-2017-18015](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18015/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8761 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8761 is a high-severity vulnerability in mihail-barinov Share This Image, published on 17 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8761 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: mihail-barinov Share This Image. 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-2024-8761/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8761/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8761
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8761
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8761

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8761/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.