The Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.0 via meta tags. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve data from password protected posts that may have sensitive information.
CVE-2023-5845 is a medium severity with CVSS 5.3 Sensitive Information Exposure issue affecting the Plugin Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone. It affects Versions up to 5.1.0 and is fixed in 5.1.1.
CVE-2023-5845 is tracked for the Plugin Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone as medium severity with CVSS 5.3. The affected range is Versions up to 5.1.0. Update Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone to 5.1.1 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
simple-social-buttons
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2023-5845 |
| Patched Versions |
5.1.1
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 5.1.0
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Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 3.2.2 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 3.2.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 5.4.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone <= 6.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Simple Social Media Share Buttons 2.0.4 - 2.0.21 - Missing Authorization
Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 3.2.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 3.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
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