SB2019021202 - Privilege escalation in Simple Social Buttons plugin for WordPress



SB2019021202 - Privilege escalation in Simple Social Buttons plugin for WordPress

Published: February 12, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019021202
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.

The weakness exists due to improper application design flow, chained with lack of permission check. A remote attacker can gain elevated privileges and perform unauthorized actions in WordPress to modify WordPress installation options from the wp_options table that may allows to take over sites by installing backdoors or taking over admin accounts.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.