Social Snap WordPress Plugin Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the Social Share Buttons, Social Sharing Icons, Click to Tweet - Social Media Plugin by Social Snap, affecting WordPress versions through 1.3.6. The vulnerability arises because the plugin fails to properly sanitize and escape certain settings. This issue allows high-privilege users, such as administrators, to execute stored cross-site scripting attacks, even in environments where the unfiltered_html capability is restricted, such as multisite setups.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for stored cross-site scripting, where injected scripts are executed in the context of the user.

Remediation

Users can update to Social Snap WordPress Plugin version 1.4 or later to address this vulnerability.