CVE-2022-0594: The Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts WordPress plugin before 9.7.6 does not have proper authorisation check in one of the AJAX action, available to unauthenticated (in v < 9.

medium Affects shareaholic (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.2, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts WordPress plugin before 9.7.6 does not have proper authorisation check in one of the AJAX action, available to unauthenticated (in v < 9.

Package
shareaholic (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<9.7.6
Fixed in
9.7.6
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (82.4th percentile)
Published
2022-07-25
Source
nvd

References

CWE-863
NVD recordshareaholic (WordPress plugin) advisories

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