WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block: A security weakness
WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block
- Plugin slug
wpzoom-social-feed-widget-block- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 13, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Apr 13, 2024 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block 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 WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpzoom_instagram_clear_data() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.13. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete all Instagram images installed on the site.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L