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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.