CVE-2014-4717
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 2.8% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.8 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 2.8% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgery
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder ≤ 4.4
- Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder 1.0
- Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder 1.1
- Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder 1.2
- Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder 1.3
- Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder 1.4
- Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder 1.5
- Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder 1.6
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-share-buttons-adder/changelog
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-share-buttons-adder/changelog
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127238/WordPress-Simple-Share-Buttons-Adder-4.4-CSRF-XSS.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/138
- https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-stored-xss-in-simple-share-buttons-adder
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-share-buttons-adder/changelog
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127238/WordPress-Simple-Share-Buttons-Adder-4.4-CSRF-XSS.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/138
- https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-stored-xss-in-simple-share-buttons-adder
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-share-buttons-adder/changelog