Plugins · instagram-feed · data as of 2026-11-01
Is Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 6.15.0
- Last updated
- 2026-10-28
- Active installs
- 1+ million
- Known issues on record
- 3
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Formerly "Instagram Feed". Display clean, customizable, and responsive Instagram feeds from multiple accounts. Supports Instagram oEmbeds. — by Syed Balkhi
What to do
- Update to the latest version (6.15.0). Anything older than 6.11.4 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 instagram-feed --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update instagram-feed updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
3 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 4.7 CVE-2026-15452 · published 2026-08-05
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed (6.11.3 and older)
- Affected
- 6.11.3 and older
- Fixed in
- 6.11.4 *
- 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 Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via REQUEST_URI Query String in all versions up to, and including, 6.11.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
NVD CVE-2026-15452Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 4.7 CVE-2026-12002 · published 2026-07-08
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed (6.11.1 and older)
- Affected
- 6.11.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 6.11.2 *
- 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 Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.11.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the maybe_connection_data function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the site's Instagram and Facebook oEmbed access tokens via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
medium 5.4 CVE-2025-4583 · published 2025-05-29
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed (6.9.0 and older)
- Affected
- 6.9.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 6.9.1 *
- 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
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `data-plugin` attribute in all versions up to, and including, 6.9.0 (Free) and 6.8.0 (Pro) 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.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-28 — latest release on wordpress.org (6.15.0).
- 2026-08-05 — Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-15452), fixed in 6.11.4.
- 2026-07-08 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2026-12002), fixed in 6.11.2.
- 2025-05-29 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-4583), fixed in 6.9.1.
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Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/instagram-feed (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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