Plugins · custom-facebook-feed · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Smash Balloon Social Post Feed safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 4.15.1
- Last updated
- 2026-11-02
- Active installs
- 100,000+
- Known issues on record
- 9
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Formerly "Custom Facebook Feed". Display completely customizable Facebook feeds of a Facebook page. Supports Facebook oEmbeds. — by Syed Balkhi
What to do
- Update to the latest version (4.15.1). Anything older than 4.14.0 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 custom-facebook-feed --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update custom-facebook-feed updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
9 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.
high 7.2 CVE-2026-93756 · published 2026-10-02
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed (4.13.0 and older)
- Affected
- 4.13.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 4.14.0 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Facebook Comment Message via v-html in Admin Builder Preview in all versions up to, and including, 4.13.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the feed builder preview page. This attack requires only a Facebook account to post a comment on the connected Facebook Page, with no WordPress credentials needed; additionally, the use of v-show rather than v-if means injected HTML — including onerror handlers — is evaluated in the DOM even when the comment section is not visually displayed. When combined with the lack of URL validation in the cff_install_addon AJAX handler (admin/addon-functions.php), an injected script running in an administrator's session can trigger arbitrary plugin installation from an attacker-controlled URL, which may result in server-side code execution.
NVD CVE-2026-93756Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 6.4 CVE-2026-16775 · published 2026-08-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed (4.9.0 and older)
- Affected
- 4.9.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 4.10.0 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'id' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
NVD CVE-2026-16775Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 4.3 CVE-2025-49937 · published 2025-10-22
Missing authorization check in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed (4.3.2 and older)
- Affected
- 4.3.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 4.3.3
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Smash Balloon Social Post Feed custom-facebook-feed allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Smash Balloon Social Post Feed: from n/a through <= 4.3.2.
medium 5.4 CVE-2025-4577 · published 2025-06-10
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed (4.3.1 and older)
- Affected
- 4.3.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 4.3.2 *
- 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
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the data-color attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
medium 4.3 CVE-2024-31379 · published 2024-04-15
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed (4.2.1 and older)
- Affected
- 4.2.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 4.2.2
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Smash Balloon Smash Balloon Social Post Feed.This issue affects Smash Balloon Social Post Feed: from n/a through 4.2.1.
medium 5.4 CVE-2022-4477 · published 2023-01-16
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed (older than 4.1.6)
- Affected
- older than 4.1.6
- Fixed in
- 4.1.6
- 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
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 4.1.6 does not validate and escapes some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as a contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged-in admins.
medium 5.4 CVE-2021-25065 · published 2022-01-17
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed (older than 4.1.1)
- Affected
- older than 4.1.1
- Fixed in
- 4.1.1
- 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 Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 was affected by a reflected XSS in custom-facebook-feed in cff-top admin page.
medium 5.4 CVE-2021-24918 · published 2021-11-29
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed (older than 4.0.1)
- Affected
- older than 4.0.1
- Fixed in
- 4.0.1
- 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 Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 did not have any privilege or nonce validation before saving the plugin's setting. As a result, any logged-in user on a vulnerable site could update the settings and store rogue JavaScript on each of its posts and pages.
medium 6.1 CVE-2021-24508 · published 2021-09-13
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed (older than 2.19.2)
- Affected
- older than 2.19.2
- Fixed in
- 2.19.2
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; 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 Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 2.19.2 does not sanitise or escape the feedID POST parameter in its feed_locator AJAX action (available to both authenticated and unauthenticated users) before outputting a truncated version of it in the admin dashboard, leading to an unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue which will be executed in the context of a logged in administrator.
Recent activity
- 2026-11-02 — latest release on wordpress.org (4.15.1).
- 2026-10-02 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-93756), fixed in 4.14.0.
- 2026-08-16 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-16775), fixed in 4.10.0.
- 2025-10-22 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2025-49937), fixed in 4.3.3.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Syed Balkhi (28 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (7) · Missing authorization (1) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/custom-facebook-feed (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. 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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