PT-2012-5300 · Unknown · 2 Click Social Media Buttons

Published 2012-08-13 · Updated 2012-08-22 · CVE-2012-4272

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions 2 Click Social Media Buttons plugin versions prior to 0.34

Description The issue is related to multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. The vulnerabilities are related to the processing of the buttons of Xing and Pinterest.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.34, update to version 0.34 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the Xing and Pinterest buttons until a patch is available. Restrict access to the plugin's functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4272

Affected Products

2 Click Social Media Buttons

References · 4

• 🔥 http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2F2-click-socialmedia-buttons&old=532798&new_path=%2F2-click-socialmedia-buttons&new=532798 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4272 · Security Note
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/2-click-socialmedia-buttons/changelog · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4272 · Note