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CVE-2023-4842: The Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'social_warfare' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 4.4.3 due to insufficient

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

The Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'social_warfare' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 4.4.3 due to insufficient

Package
social-warfare (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=4.4.3
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (46.6th percentile)
Published
2023-11-07
Source
nvd

References

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

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