CVE-2023-4842

Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

6.4 MediumPublic exploit

The Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'social_warfare' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 4.4.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.56%Up 0.5 points since Nov 8, 2023

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.4

Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Record: CVE-2023-4842
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-54683 6.4

Record: EUVD-2023-54683
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mfxr-7r69-92fv 5.4

The Social Sharing Plugin - Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross...

Record: GHSA-mfxr-7r69-92fv
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.4

Record: CVE-2023-4842
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1: 5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
PoC in GitHub	B4ntGrim/Vuln_Exploitation_MegaQuagga_Pentest	2026-04-30

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-4842 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Warfareplugins Social Warfare, published November 7, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.