Description
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the data-color attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2025-06-10
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored Cross‑Site Scripting
Action: Apply Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross‑site scripting because the data‑color attribute is not properly sanitized or escaped when saved. An authenticated user with Contributor or higher access can inject arbitrary JavaScript into the stored value. When a page containing the data‑color attribute is rendered, the injected script runs in the context of the visitor’s browser.

Affected Systems

All releases of the Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress plugin up to and including version 4.3.1 are affected. The flaw exists in the plugin’s JavaScript files that render the feed and can be exploited via the plugin’s settings interface on any WordPress site that has the vulnerable plugin installed.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.4 indicates moderate risk, while the EPSS score is below 1%, suggesting a low probability of current exploitation. The flaw requires only Contributor‑level authentication, which is common on many sites, so the attack surface is broad. If exploited, an attacker could run scripts that steal session cookies, deface content, or perform other client‑side attacks, though the vulnerability is not listed in KEV and no public exploits are known.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 20, 2026 at 22:34 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update the Smash Balloon Social Post Feed plugin to version 4.4.0 or later, which removes the unescaped data-color handling.
  • If an immediate update is not possible, disable or delete the plugin and reinstall a non‑affected version once a patch is available.
  • Alternatively, restrict Contributor and higher roles so they cannot edit the plugin’s settings until the fix is applied, or manually remove the data-color attribute entry from the database.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 20, 2026 at 22:34 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-17658 The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the data-color attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wpbeginner
Wpbeginner smash Balloon Social Post Feed
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wpbeginner:smash_balloon_social_post_feed:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Wpbeginner
Wpbeginner smash Balloon Social Post Feed

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00032}

epss

{'score': 0.00037}


Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the data-color attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title Smash Balloon Custom Facebook Feed <= 4.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via `data-color` Attribute
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Wpbeginner Smash Balloon Social Post Feed
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:31:22.708Z

Reserved: 2025-05-12T12:35:11.812Z

Link: CVE-2025-4577

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-10T13:53:26.216Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-06-10T12:15:24.737

Modified: 2025-07-16T16:18:13.583

Link: CVE-2025-4577

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-20T22:45:20Z

Weaknesses