Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in Social Media Share Buttons Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-5602

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 October 2023

What is CVE-2023-5602?

The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin for WordPress has a security vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to perform actions via forged requests. This flaw is due to insufficient nonce validation in several AJAX-related functions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by tricking a site administrator into clicking on a deceptive link, potentially compromising the integrity of the site.

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Affected Version(s)

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons * <= 2.8.5

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2975574/ulti...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
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