01 Record
CVE-2026-7659
Advanced Social Media Icons <= 1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'social' Shortcode
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score6.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Advanced Social Media Icons <= 1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'social' Shortcode
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 15.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-05-12 07:48Z5 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-05-12 21:13Z5 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-05-01
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 084c66b67d50bb2f94844fddce52967e5c5d8151bb990cea53964dcb39b9dac3
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/999c2207-6d45-4b46-8fe1-03682a949c5c?source=cve
- wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-social-media-icons/
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-social-media-icons/tags/1.2/functions.php#L40
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-social-media-icons/trunk/functions.php#L40