# MaxButtons – Create buttons

> Maxbuttons is the best and easiest button plugin for WordPress. Within minutes you can create beautiful buttons, share buttons and social icons.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `maxbuttons`
- Author: maxfoundry
- Version: 9.8.6
- Active installs: 70,000+
- Last update: 2026-09-30 (44 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.0, PHP 7.0
- Tags: butotn creator, css wordpress button, css3 button generator, responsive buttons, share button
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/maxbuttons/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 44 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-06-27 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'view' Parameter (up to 9.8.5). CVE-2026-13245, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5805b1f1-34e7-49d5-93dd-748113b6093b?source=api-prod
- 2025-04-17 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 9.8.3). CVE-2025-39444, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/923ee3a7-a591-4132-8fbe-bd0edf8b7bb8?source=api-prod
- 2024-11-29 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Button Width (up to 9.8.0). CVE-2024-10555, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2ff7ab4f-bb00-4443-a06b-f61c53da9876?source=api-prod
- 2024-11-29 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Text Color (up to 9.8.0). CVE-2024-8968, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/64c4c001-1963-437e-9394-cf3ad0e63342?source=api-prod
- 2024-08-23 MEDIUM: Full Path Disclosure (up to 9.7.8). CVE-2024-6499, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fdd0694c-ea7e-4cf8-a8d8-82a2b02fecdf?source=api-prod
- 2024-06-22 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 9.7.7). CVE-2024-3026, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0d3aa440-29a8-47cd-98f4-cf1cbdf92f66?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-23 MEDIUM: Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode (up to 9.7.6). CVE-2023-7029, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bca0e8a0-d837-42d8-a9d3-35e0c820eb43?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-08 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 9.7.4). CVE-2023-6594, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cfe2cabd-98f6-4ebc-8a02-e6951202aa88?source=api-prod
- 2023-06-23 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (up to 9.5.3). CVE-2023-36503, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af478e73-a2b8-468a-9075-9c1db1a97d7c?source=api-prod
- 2022-08-02 HIGH: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 9.2). CVE-2022-36346, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/74f4068b-224e-4523-9a8d-8713b779a262?source=api-prod
- 2022-08-02 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 9.2). CVE-2022-38703, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8eaf6dfd-bc66-466f-af80-213213fdb839?source=api-prod
- 2022-07-29 MEDIUM: Shortcode-Based Cross-Site Scripting (up to 9.2). WF-41f6e826-9326-40fa-80d0-4cff1dd72536, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/41f6e826-9326-40fa-80d0-4cff1dd72536?source=api-prod
- 2017-05-16 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (up to 6.18). CVE-2017-2169, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/efa01956-7c03-4f0f-9054-6920013a2b32?source=api-prod
- 2014-09-24 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (before 1.26.1). CVE-2014-7181, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25f8b0db-eed2-468a-a6b3-ed93daaddcb2?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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