Description

WordPress Plugin Social Sharing-Kiwi is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently change option values that would permit to turn on user registration. WordPress Plugin Social Sharing-Kiwi version 2.0.10 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.0.11 or latest

References

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2018/11/12/full-disclosure-of-option-update-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugin-with-30000-installs/

https://pvagenas.com/vulnerabilities/kiwi-social-share-social-media-share-buttons-icons-privilege-escalation/

https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-in-wordpress-kiwi-social-sharing-plugin-actively-exploited/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/kiwi-social-share/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

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

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass CWE-264