Plugins · ultimate-social-media-plus · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 3.7.6
- Last updated
- 2026-10-10
- Active installs
- 10,000+
- Known issues on record
- 3
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4
Social sharing plugin adding social buttons. — by Inisev
What to do
- Update to the latest version (3.7.6). Anything older than 3.7.6 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-plus --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update ultimate-social-media-plus updates it.
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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.
high 7.1 CVE-2026-42697 · published 2026-10-10
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) in Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons (3.7.5 and older)
- Affected
- 3.7.5 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.7.6
- 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 Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Inisev Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons ultimate-social-media-plus allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons: from n/a through 3.7.5.
medium 4.3 CVE-2023-38514 · published 2024-12-13
Missing authorization check in Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons (3.5.7 and older)
- Affected
- 3.5.7 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.5.8
- 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 social share pro Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons: from n/a through 3.5.7.
medium 5.3 CVE-2024-32820 · published 2024-06-09
Missing authorization check in Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons (3.6.2 and older)
- Affected
- 3.6.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.6.3
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Social Share Pro Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons.This issue affects Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons: from n/a through 3.6.2.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-10 — latest release on wordpress.org (3.7.6).
- 2026-10-10 — Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-42697), fixed in 3.7.6.
- 2024-12-13 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2023-38514), fixed in 3.5.8.
- 2024-06-09 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2024-32820), fixed in 3.6.3.
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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: Missing authorization (2) · Cross-site scripting (XSS) (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-social-media-plus (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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