WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2013-1949 Modified

Social Media Widget: A security weakness

Social Media Widget is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 5.0 CVSS · secalert@redhat.com
NVD score 5.0 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Social Media Widget
Plugin slug
social-media-widget
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Apr 25, 2013
Weakness
NVD-CWE-noinfo

This CVE was published Apr 25, 2013 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Social Media Widget 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.

Source record

Technical description

Social Media Widget (social-media-widget) plugin 4.0 for WordPress contains an externally introduced modification (Trojan Horse), which allows remote attackers to force the upload of arbitrary files.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources