Firecask develops lightweight social-sharing widgets, prominently the Twitter follow button and WhatsApp share button, that are embedded across third-party web properties. The recurring vulnerability signal centers on cross-site scripting flaws in these embedded components, a weakness class inherent to the challenge of sanitizing and injecting HTML and JavaScript into untrusted host pages. Current severity, exploitation, and exposure figures are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Firecask over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
2 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2023-5668MEDIUM The WhatsApp Share Button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'whatsapp' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 due to | Oct 20, 2023 | 5.4 | 17 | NO | NO |
CVE-2024-10116MEDIUM The Twitter Follow Button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'username' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.2 due to insufficie | Nov 23, 2024 | 5.4 | 16 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
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