PLUGIN SECURITY
Is Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress safe?
Known vulnerabilities, PHP compatibility and safer alternatives for the Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress WordPress plugin — checked against WP Clinic's local security database.
Plugin details
- Slug:
easy-social-share-buttons3
Known vulnerabilities
- CVE-2024-31300 — Easy Social Share Buttons [easy-social-share-buttons3] < 9.5 (Path Traversal) · High
- CVE-2024-31307 — Easy Social Share Buttons [easy-social-share-buttons3] < 9.5 (Missing Authorization) · Medium
- CVE-2025-64198 — Easy Social Share Buttons [easy-social-share-buttons3] < 10.7.1 (XSS) · High
- CVE-2024-30196 — Easy Social Share Buttons < 9.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Vulnerabilities are matched against the exact installed version when it's known. Always keep the plugin updated to the latest release.
Safer / more established alternatives
- AddToAny Share Buttons — 300000+ active installs
- Ocean Social Sharing — 60000+ active installs — max PHP 8.4
- Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds — 40000+ active installs — max PHP 8.4
- Simple Share Buttons Adder — 40000+ active installs
- Genesis Simple Share — 10000+ active installs
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