CVE-2014-4717
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin before 4.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin before 4.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) ssba_share_text parameter in a save action to wp-admin/options-general.php, which is not properly handled in the homepage, and unspecified vectors related to (2) Pages, (3) Posts, (4) Category/Archive pages or (5) post Excerpts.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.80% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- sharethis/simple share buttons adder
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127238/WordPress-Simple-Share-Buttons-Adder-4.4-CSRF-XSS.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/138Exploit
- https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-stored-xss-in-simple-share-buttons-adderExploit
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-share-buttons-adder/changelogPatch
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127238/WordPress-Simple-Share-Buttons-Adder-4.4-CSRF-XSS.htmlExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/138Exploit
- https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-stored-xss-in-simple-share-buttons-adderExploit
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-share-buttons-adder/changelogPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.