Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone

Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone has 8 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2019 and 2026; all 8 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.3, and the most serious one scores 6.3 out of 10. 2021 was the busiest year with 2 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 5 of the records (63%). Other recurring categories include Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Improper Authentication.

Every one of the 8 issues recorded for Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

6 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each. Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone is installed on roughly 20,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
5.3/ 10
Patch Coverage100%
Open

0

Fixed

8

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 6.3

Simple Social Media Share Buttons 2.0.4 - 2.0.21 - Missing Authorization

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Vulnerability Records

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Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone

Adnan

Author

Adnan

4.8(194)
96/100
Last Updated
2026-08-04 (1mo ago)
Active Installs
20,000+
Downloads
1,403,667
Requires WP
4.0+
Requires PHP
5.6+
Tested up to
WP 7.0.4
Created
2011-09-22 (15y ago)

Simple Social Buttons adds ( with lots of options like Sidebar, inline, above and below the posts content, on photos, popups, fly ins ) an advanced set of social media sharing buttons to your WordPress sites, such as: Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber, Twitter, Reddit, LinkedIn and Pinterest. Rich set of features makes it the most flexible Social Sharing plugin ever for Everyone. This social sharing Plugin is fully customizable. You can decide where to position those buttons: New Feature: Simple Social Buttons compatible with NextGEN Gallery plugin. Introduced new settings for NextGEN Gallery plugin. Compatible with following NextGEN Gallery Layouts. Basic Thumbnail. Pro Masonry. Pro Mosaic. Compatible with following LightBoxes. Simple LightBox. FancyBox. ThickBox. NextGEN Pro LightBox.* Inline – Social Sharing Buttons above the post content – Social Sharing Buttons under the post content – Social Sharing Buttons above and under the post – Hide Social Share buttons on mobile devices – Stunning Animations – Upgrade to Pro for customizing the colors SideBar – Social Share buttons on left & right sidebars with Animations – Hide Social Share buttons on mobile devices – Display Total Share counts – Upgrade to Pro for customizing the colors on Media Premium Feature – Set Social Share buttons positions on left, right etc with Animations – Hide Social Share buttons on mobile devices – Display Total Share counts – Settings for customizing the colors – Apply Social Share buttons on Specific Custom Post Types Popups Premium Feature – Social Share buttons on popups – Trigger popups as soon as use scrolls the page – Trigger popups on Exit/Intent. – Hide Social Share popups on mobile devices – Display Total Share counts – Options for customizing the colors Fly-ins Premium Feature – Social Share Flyins on bottom left & right with Animations – Hide Social Share Fly-ins on mobile devices – Display Total Share counts – Settings for customizing the colors of buttons and fly-ins **That’s not all. Simple Social Buttons can also add social media buttons to: ** Static Pages Front Page Posts Categories Date Archives Tags Archives Custom Post Types The most easiest Social Sharing solution for EVERYONE! Want’s more? Now you can change the order of buttons on your post! Simple Social Buttons is currently in the following languages: Danish Dutch English French German Lithuanian Polish Serbo-Croatian Slovak Spanish Swedish Thai Ukrainian

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