PT-2023-31608 · WordPress · Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

Marco Wotschka · Published 2023-10-17 · Updated 2023-10-27 · CVE-2023-5070

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8.5

Description The issue allows subscribers to export plugin settings, which can include sensitive information such as social media authentication tokens, secrets, and app passwords. This is possible via the sfsi save export function.

Recommendations For Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.8.5, consider updating to a version that fixes this issue, as the current version allows unauthorized access to sensitive information. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5070

Affected Products

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

References · 6

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2975574/ultimate-social-media-icons/tags/2.8.6/libs/controllers/sfsi_buttons_controller.php?old=2956446&old_path=ultimate-social-media-icons%2Ftags%2F2.8.5%2Flibs%2Fcontrollers%2Fsfsi_buttons_controller.php · Patch
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e9e43c5b-a094-44ab-a8a3-52d437f0e00d?source=cve · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5070 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5070 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1715271082247176211 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1714199453886734408 · Twitter Post