CVE-2022-0876: The Social comments by WpDevArt WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when u

medium Affects social-comments (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Social comments by WpDevArt WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when u

Package
social-comments (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.5.0
Fixed in
2.5.0
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (48.5th percentile)
Published
2022-04-25
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordsocial-comments (WordPress plugin) advisories

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