CVE-2024-2118
CWE-79Published: April 17, 2024· Updated: Jun 17, 2026
Official Description
The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons WordPress plugin before 2.8.9 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-2118 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.
Exploitation requires high privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.
The vulnerability has a "Changed" scope, meaning successful exploitation can impact components beyond the vulnerable component itself — such as the host operating system or adjacent services.
From a weakness classification perspective (CWE-79): Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users.
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News & Research Mentioning CVE-2024-2118
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security flaw impacting Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, CVE-2024-21182 (CVSS score: 7.5), allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to take control of susceptible servers. It was [xlite_meta score:53 src:The Hacker News xlite_fp:38a48f22ff8439a0bc232c79ee0d239f5d9171ea0da878aaf4dfecbb907c5256]
The vulnerability is CVE-2024-21182 and it can be exploited without authentication to hack affected WebLogic servers. The post Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek. [xlite_meta score:50 src:SecurityWeek xlite_fp:7617f29a256116441571309e792811eb17fc6413c5a5b1b248fd0993511bd375]
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-21182 Oracle WebLogic Server Unspecified Vulnerability This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vectors for malicious cyber actors and poses significant risks to the federal enterprise. Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: Reducing the Significant Risk of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities established the KEV Catalog as a living list of known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) that carry significant risk to the federal enterprise. BOD 22-01 requires Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to remediate identified vulnerabilities by the due date to protect FCEB networks against active [xlite_meta score:48 src:CISA Alerts xlite_fp:448d966bb032f3fd0d88202ad498a99b8b7d6170fd08678a445dc9857c7ac2d2]
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Recommended Actions
- →Apply vendor patches immediately
- →Monitor CVE-2024-2118 in threat intel feeds
- →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts