PLUGIN SECURITY
Is Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress safe?
This Social Share Plugin adds advanced social media sharing buttons to your WordPress sites, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, X, LinkedIn, & Pinterest.
What this plugin does
- Slug:
easy-social-share-buttons3 - Author: Adnan
- 20000+ active installs
- 96/100 rating (194 reviews on wordpress.org)
- 1422576 all-time downloads
- On WordPress.org since 2011-09-22
share buttonssocial buttonssocial media sharesocial sharesocial sharing
Maintenance status
- Latest known version: 2.9.9
- Last updated: 2026-10-19 9:25am GMT
- Tested up to WordPress: 7.1.4
- Requires PHP: 7.1+
Known vulnerabilities
4 known CVEs on file for Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress. Reported between 2024 and 2025.
| CVE | Vulnerability | Type | Severity | Affected | Fixed in | Published | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-64198 | Easy Social Share Buttons [easy-social-share-buttons3] < 10.7.1 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | High 7.1 | < 10.7.1 | 10.7.1 | 2025-10-26 | ⚠ update needed |
| CVE-2024-31300 | Easy Social Share Buttons [easy-social-share-buttons3] < 9.5 | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') | High 8.5 | < 9.5 | 9.5 | 2024-04-05 | ⚠ update needed |
| CVE-2024-31307 | Easy Social Share Buttons [easy-social-share-buttons3] < 9.5 | Missing Authorization | Medium 6.3 | < 9.5 | 9.5 | 2024-04-05 | ⚠ update needed |
| CVE-2024-30196 | Easy Social Share Buttons < 9.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting | — | Unknown | < 9.5 | 9.5 | — | ⚠ update needed |
How to fix it
Keep Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress updated — 2.9.9 is the latest version on wordpress.org, and each CVE above lists the exact release that fixed it ("Fixed in").
This is the plugin's full known vulnerability history, not a scan of any specific installation — run a free scan of your own site to check your exact installed version.
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