WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2023-5070 Modified

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons: Sensitive information exposure

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is affected by sensitive information exposure. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Successful exploitation can disclose data that should not be available to the caller.

CVE / CNA score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons
Plugin slug
social-media-share-buttons-&-social-sharing-icons
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Oct 20, 2023
Weakness
CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

This CVE was published Oct 20, 2023 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.8.5 via the sfsi_save_export function. This can allow subscribers to export plugin settings that include social media authentication tokens and secrets as well as app passwords.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary and upstream sources