Simple Social Media Share Buttons 2.0.4 - 2.0.21 - Missing Authorization

6.3
Missing Authorization
CVSS 6.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 11, 2019
Last Updated June 17, 2024
Researcher Luka Sikic - WebARX

Description

The Simple Social Media Share Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the download(), import(), and download_help() functions in versions 2.0.4 - 2.0.21. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as a subscriber, to update arbitrary options on the site that can be used to register a new administrative user account.

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Vulnerability Details for Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-social-buttons (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.0.22, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • 2.0.4 - 2.0.21
Patched Version
  • 2.0.22

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