CVE-2026-2501
Received Received - Intake
Stored XSS in Ed's Social Share WordPress Plugin Allows Script Injection

Publication date: 2026-03-21

Last updated on: 2026-03-21

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The Ed's Social Share plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `social_share` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Published
2026-03-21
Last Modified
2026-03-21
Generated
2026-06-16
AI Q&A
2026-03-21
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
NVD
CVE-2026-2501
EUVD
EUVD-2026-14148
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Vendor Product Version / Range
ed's_social_share plugin to 2.0 (inc)
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CWE ID Description
CWE-79 The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
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Executive Summary

The Ed's Social Share plugin for WordPress has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in its `social_share` shortcode. This vulnerability exists in all versions up to and including version 2.0. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape user-supplied attributes, allowing attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts into pages.

When a user accesses a page containing the injected script, the malicious code executes in their browser.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can allow authenticated users with contributor-level access or above to inject arbitrary scripts into web pages. These scripts can execute in the browsers of users who visit the affected pages, potentially leading to theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or other malicious actions.

Because the attack requires contributor-level access, it may be limited to insiders or users with some level of trust, but the impact can still be significant.

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