Plugins · ultimate-social-media-icons · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 3.0.2
- Last updated
- 2026-09-18
- Active installs
- 100,000+
- Known issues on record
- 12
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.0.8
Share buttons and pop up share icons for social media sharing — by Inisev
What to do
- Update to the latest version (3.0.2). Anything older than 3.0.2 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 ultimate-social-media-icons --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update ultimate-social-media-icons updates it.
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Known vulnerabilities
12 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 6.1 CVE-2026-89047 · published 2026-10-01
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (3.0.1 and older)
- Affected
- 3.0.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.0.2 *
- 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 Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the victim to be on a mobile user-agent and to click the WeChat share icon, though once the dialog opens, script execution is automatic and requires no further user interaction.
NVD CVE-2026-89047Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 6.8 CVE-2026-19719 · published 2026-09-02
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (older than 3.0.1)
- Affected
- older than 3.0.1
- Fixed in
- 3.0.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 does not escape the post title before outputting it in an inline JavaScript event handler, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which are triggered when a visitor interacts with the affected button. Exploitation requires the Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 to be running a non-default icon display configuration.
high 7.1 CVE-2026-19723 · published 2026-09-02
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (older than 3.0.1)
- Affected
- older than 3.0.1
- Fixed in
- 3.0.1
- 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 CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 does not properly escape a value taken from the incoming request before outputting it in an inline JavaScript event handler, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which is triggered when a user interacts with the affected button. Exploitation requires the Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 3.0.1 to be running a non-default icon display configuration.
high 7.1 CVE-2026-66623 · published 2026-08-24
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (2.9.9 and older)
- Affected
- 2.9.9 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.0.0
- 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
Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Social Media & Share Icons <= 2.9.9 versions.
medium 4.3 CVE-2024-31435 · published 2026-06-17
Missing authorization check in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (2.8.6 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.6 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.7
- 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
: Missing Authorization vulnerability in Inisev Social Media & Share Icons allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Social Media & Share Icons: from n/a through 2.8.6.
medium 4.8 CVE-2024-10362 · published 2025-05-15
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (older than 2.9.1)
- Affected
- older than 2.9.1
- Fixed in
- 2.9.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 2.9.1 does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
medium 4.3 CVE-2023-34009 · published 2024-12-13
Missing authorization check in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (2.8.1 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.2
- 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 Inisev Social Media & Share Icons allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Social Media & Share Icons: from n/a through 2.8.1.
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-37552 · published 2024-07-21
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (2.9.1 and older)
- Affected
- 2.9.1 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.9.2
- 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
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Inisev Social Media & Share Icons allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Social Media & Share Icons: from n/a through 2.9.1.
medium 5.9 CVE-2024-2118 · published 2024-04-17
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (older than 2.8.9)
- Affected
- older than 2.8.9
- Fixed in
- 2.8.9
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 2.8.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
high 8.8 CVE-2023-5602 · published 2023-10-20
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (2.8.5 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.5 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.6 *
- 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 NVD
Details from the advisory
The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on several functions corresponding to AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke those actions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
medium 6.5 CVE-2023-5070 · published 2023-10-20
Information disclosure in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (2.8.5 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.5 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.6 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.8.5 via the sfsi_save_export function. This can allow subscribers to export plugin settings that include social media authentication tokens and secrets as well as app passwords.
medium 6.1 CVE-2023-41238 · published 2023-09-27
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Ic… (2.8.3 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.3 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.4
- 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 NVD
Details from the advisory
Unauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in UltimatelySocial Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin <= 2.8.3 versions.
Recent activity
- 2026-09-18 — latest release on wordpress.org (3.0.2).
- 2026-10-01 — Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-89047), fixed in 3.0.2.
- 2026-09-02 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-19719), fixed in 3.0.1.
- 2026-09-02 — Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-19723), fixed in 3.0.1.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by Inisev (4 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (8) · Missing authorization (2) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1) · Sensitive data exposure (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-social-media-icons (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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