7.2

CVE-2026-42697: WordPress Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons plugin <= 3.7.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Deferred
Published 10-10-2026Last modified 13-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-42697 is a high (CVSS 7.2) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in inisev social share icons & social share buttons. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.1% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 3.7.6.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Inisev Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons ultimate-social-media-plus allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons: from n/a through 3.7.5.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

11-10-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Inisev1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • ultimate-social-media-plus≤ 3.7.5 (fixed in 3.7.6)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links