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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-24746 · published 28 March 2022

CVE-2021-24746: Heateor sassy social share cross-site scripting vulnerability

HHeateor · Sassy Social Share

The Social Sharing Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.3.40 does not escape the viewed post URL before outputting it back in onclick attributes when the "Enable 'More' icon" option is enabled (which is the default setting), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.

6.1 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 2.2% · top 17.8% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 4.3
2.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Social Sharing Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.3.40 does not escape the viewed post URL before outputting it back in onclick attributes when the "Enable 'More' icon" option is enabled (which is the default setting), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/99f4fb32-e312-4059-adaf-f4cbaa92d4fa ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/99f4fb32-e312-4059-adaf-f4cbaa92d4fa ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-24746), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.