CVE-2025-64198CWE-79

WordPress Easy Social Share Buttons plugin < 10.7.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

High · published November 6, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🚨 A crafty piece of input can unleash a reflected XSS in Easy Social Share Buttons, turning every click into a potential security fiasco! ⚡ Think of it like a restaurant where a customer slips a sneaky note into your order — the kitchen whips up a dish with secret ingredients nobody asked for. With this flaw, an attacker can serve up malicious scripts to unsuspecting users right when they click! An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to run arbitrary scripts in the browsers of users clicking on affected links. This could lead to stolen data, unauthorized actions, or even full account takeover — the digital chaos could be absolutely devastating!

Put simply

Think of it like a restaurant where a customer slips a sneaky note into your order — the kitchen whips up a dish with secret ingredients nobody asked for. With this flaw, an attacker can serve up malicious scripts to unsuspecting users right when they click! This reflected XSS vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts through improper input handling during web page generation, affecting versions of Easy Social Share Buttons prior to 10.7.1.

What to do

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to run arbitrary scripts in the browsers of users clicking on affected links. This could lead to stolen data, unauthorized actions, or even full account takeover — the digital chaos could be absolutely devastating! Update Easy Social Share Buttons to version 10.7.1 immediately to patch this vulnerability. Additionally, implement proper input validation and output encoding to safeguard against future XSS attacks. You've got this! Follow these steps and safeguard your site like a pro! 🛡️

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00185 · 7.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2025-11-06T15:56Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 NOV 15:56Z
    WordPress Easy Social Share Buttons plugin < 10.7.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    cvelistv5