Social Share Button

Social Share Button has one disclosed vulnerability in the WordSec catalog, all reported in 2015; it is fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.5, and the most serious one scores 5.5 out of 10.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 1 of the records (100%).

The one issue recorded for Social Share Button has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes it.

All of these findings were reported by Marcin Probola. Social Share Button is installed on roughly 1,000 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

5.5/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 5.5

Social Share Button <= 2.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

1 records


2015-11-24 00:00	Social Share Button <= 2.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting Social Share Button <= 2.1	`N/A`	5.5 Medium	Marcin Probola	Yes

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Latestv2.1.14

Social Share Button

Author

PickPlugins

4.1(17)

82/100

Last Updated

2026-06-08 (3mo ago)

Active Installs

1,000+

Downloads

127,367

Requires WP

4.1+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 7.0.4

Created

2014-05-28 (13y ago)

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