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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-2501

Medium
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
CWE-79 — Weakness Type
Published: Mar 21, 2026  ·  Modified: Mar 23, 2026  ·  Source: NVD
CVSS v3
6.4
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

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.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

Ed's Social Share WordPress plugin versions up to 2.0 contain a Stored XSS vulnerability in the social_share shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization. Authenticated contributors can inject malicious scripts that execute for all users accessing affected pages.

📄 Description (Arabic)

يؤثر هذا الضعف على مكون Ed's Social Share في WordPress حتى الإصدار 2.0 ويسمح للمستخدمين المصرحين بمستوى المساهم أو أعلى بحقن برامج نصية ضارة. تُنفذ البرامج النصية المحقونة تلقائياً عندما يزور أي مستخدم الصفحة المتأثرة، مما قد يؤدي إلى سرقة البيانات أو جلسات العمل.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

يحتوي مكون Ed's Social Share لـ WordPress حتى الإصدار 2.0 على ثغرة XSS مخزنة في اختصار social_share بسبب عدم كفاية تنظيف المدخلات. يمكن للمساهمين المصرحين بحقن برامج نصية ضارة تُنفذ لجميع المستخدمين الذين يصلون إلى الصفحات المتأثرة.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 15, 2026 05:00
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi Relevance: high
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
government banking telecom healthcare
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
6.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Update Ed's Social Share plugin to version 2.1 or later immediately. Restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only. Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block XSS payloads. Review and audit all pages using the social_share shortcode for malicious content.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
قم بتحديث مكون Ed's Social Share إلى الإصدار 2.1 أو أحدث فوراً. قيّد الوصول على مستوى المساهم للمستخدمين الموثوقين فقط. طبّق قواعد جدار الحماية لتطبيقات الويب لكشف وحجب حمولات XSS. راجع وتدقيق جميع الصفحات التي تستخدم اختصار social_share للبحث عن محتوى ضار.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.7.1.1 A.7.1.2 A.12.2.1
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.RA-1 PR.DS-1 PR.DS-2
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.14.2.1 A.14.2.5
📊 CVSS Score
6.4
/ 10.0 — Medium
📊 CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack VectorN — None / Network
Attack ComplexityL — Low / Local
Privileges RequiredL — Low / Local
User InteractionN — None / Network
ScopeC — Changed
ConfidentialityL — Low / Local
IntegrityL — Low / Local
AvailabilityN — None / Network
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Medium
CVSS Score6.4
CWECWE-79
Exploit No
Patch ✗ No
Published 2026-03-21
Source Feed nvd
Views 4
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
6.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: MEDIUM
🏷️ Tags
CWE-79
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