PT-2024-12457 · WordPress · Easy Social Icons

Nguyen Anh Tien · Published 2024-12-13 · Updated 2024-12-16 · CVE-2023-33998

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Easy Social Icons versions 3.2.4 and earlier

Description A broken access control vulnerability has been identified in the Easy Social Icons plugin for WordPress. This issue allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels due to missing authorization. Users are urged to update to the latest version to mitigate risks.

Recommendations For versions 3.2.4 and earlier, update to the latest version to secure your site and mitigate the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the vulnerable plugin until a patch is applied.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-33998

Affected Products

Easy Social Icons

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33998 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1867799533997973578 · Twitter Post
• https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/easy-social-icons/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-social-icons-plugin-3-2-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1867799541186957768 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1868162958766882894 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1868524537203020045 · Twitter Post
• https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/easy-social-icons/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-social-icons-plugin-3-2-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1868524563761406128 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1868033876989550939 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/transilienceai/status/1868162975074242985 · Twitter Post