Medium severity · published Oct 3, 2026
CVE-2026-97344
Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter <= 3.2.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Avatar Alt Attribute via Arbitrary User Meta Write
6.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Avatar Alt Attribute via Arbitrary User Meta Write in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires the attacker to chain two steps: invoking the nonce-only dismiss_ajax_call endpoint (nonce accessible to Subscribers via any wp-admin page) to set the xs_social_profile_image meta flag on their own account, which activates the unescaped img output branch in xs_social_get_avatar, and then setting their display name to a script payload that core's ENT_NOQUOTES handling preserves unescaped.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WS
Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter · roxnor
through 3.2.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
WS
Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter
roxnor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97344
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97344
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/40e03292-c2dc-4d34-88f4-0d0631e7b981?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-social/tags/3.2.1/app/avatar.php#L40
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-social/tags/3.2.1/lib/notice/notice.php#L384
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-social/tags/3.2.1/lib/notice/notice.php#L422
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3720423%40wp-social&new=3720423%40wp-social
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