CVE-2021-36839
WordPress Social Media Follow Buttons Bar plugin <= 4.73 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Social Media Follow Buttons Bar plugin <= 4.73 at WordPress.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.8
WordPress Social Media Follow Buttons Bar plugin <= 4.73 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Social Media Follow Buttons Bar plugin <= 4.73 at WordPress.
- Record
CVE-2021-36839- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-23415
4.8
Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Social Media Follow Buttons Bar plugin <= 4.73 at WordPress.
- Record
EUVD-2021-23415- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pjp7-ffv7-qj9m
4.8
Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Social Media Follow...
Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Social Media Follow Buttons Bar plugin <= 4.73 at WordPress.
- Record
GHSA-pjp7-ffv7-qj9m- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.8
Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Social Media Follow Buttons Bar plugin <= 4.73 at WordPress.
- Record
CVE-2021-36839- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-36839 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Spacexchimp Social Media Follow Buttons Bar, published September 30, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.51%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/social-media-buttons-toolbar/wordpress-social-media-follow-buttons-bar-plugin-4-73-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
wordpress.org/plugins/social-media-buttons-toolbar
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36839
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjp7-ffv7-qj9m