Description

WordPress Plugin Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently delete critical settings from website and make it non-functional. WordPress Plugin Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons version 2.4.5 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.4.6 or latest

References

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/06/28/authenticated-option-deletion-vulnerability-in-social-media/

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-social-media-plus/changelog/

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass