PT-2024-15114 · WordPress · Slick Social Share Buttons

István Márton · Published 2024-01-11 · Updated 2024-01-18 · CVE-2023-6878

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Slick Social Share Buttons plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.4.11

Description The issue allows unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the dcssb ajax update function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions or above, to update the site options arbitrarily.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.4.11, update to a version higher than 2.4.11 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the dcssb ajax update function until a patch is available.

Fix

Improper Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-285

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-6878

Affected Products

Slick Social Share Buttons

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6878 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6878 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/slick-social-share-buttons/tags/2.4.11/inc/dcwp_admin.php#L49 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/79a5c01d-3867-4b1e-b0ba-9a802f0bed92?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1745368085123449209 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/67876 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1745412491650167291 · Twitter Post