#VU17475 Privilege escalation in Simple Social Buttons 

 

#VU17475 Privilege escalation in Simple Social Buttons

Published: February 12, 2019 / Updated: February 12, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17475
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Simple Social Buttons
Software vendor:
WPBrigade

Description

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

Update to version 2.0.22.

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