Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons: A security weakness
Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 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.
- Component
- Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons
- Plugin slug
ultimate-social-media-plus- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 13, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Dec 13, 2024 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 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
Missing Authorization vulnerability in social share pro Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons: from n/a through 3.5.7.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N