WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2013-2701 Modified

Social Sharing Toolkit Plugin: Cross-site request forgery

Social Sharing Toolkit Plugin is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

CVE / CNA score 6.8 CVSS · PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
NVD score 6.8 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Social Sharing Toolkit Plugin
Plugin slug
social-sharing-toolkit-plugin
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Nov 01, 2013
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Nov 01, 2013 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Social Sharing Toolkit Plugin 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

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Social Sharing Toolkit plugin 2.1.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that manipulate plugin settings via unknown vectors.

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

Primary and upstream sources