Plugins · add-to-any · data as of 2026-11-01
Is AddToAny Share Buttons safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.8.18
- Last updated
- 2026-05-22
- Active installs
- 300,000+
- Known issues on record
- 2
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.0.8 · PHP 5.6+
Share buttons for WordPress including the AddToAny button, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Reddit, many more, and follow icons too. — by micropat
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.8.18). Anything older than 1.7.48 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get add-to-any --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update add-to-any updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
2 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 4.8 CVE-2021-24616 · published 2021-11-08
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in AddToAny Share Buttons (older than 1.7.48)
- Affected
- older than 1.7.48
- Fixed in
- 1.7.48
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- advisory text · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The AddToAny Share Buttons WordPress plugin before 1.7.48 does not escape its Image URL button setting, which could lead allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
medium 5.4 CVE-2021-24568 · published 2021-09-06
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in AddToAny Share Buttons (older than 1.7.46)
- Affected
- older than 1.7.46
- Fixed in
- 1.7.46
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- advisory text · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The AddToAny Share Buttons WordPress plugin before 1.7.46 does not sanitise its Sharing Header setting when outputting it in frontend pages, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Recent activity
- 2026-05-22 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.8.18).
- 2021-11-08 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2021-24616), fixed in 1.7.48.
- 2021-09-06 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2021-24568), fixed in 1.7.46.
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Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/add-to-any (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-01.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-01. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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