CVE-2018-11632

Public Exploit

Description

An issue was discovered in the MULTIDOTS Add Social Share Messenger Buttons Whatsapp and Viber plugin 1.0.8 for WordPress. If an admin user can be tricked into visiting a crafted URL created by an attacker (via spear phishing/social engineering), the attacker can change the plugin settings via wp-admin/admin-post.php CSRF. There's no nonce or capability check in the whatsapp_share_setting_add_update() function.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.14%
Third-Party Advisory threatpress.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://labs.threatpress.com/cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-in-add-social-share-messenger-buttons-whatsapp-and-viber-plugin/ third party advisory exploit
https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-social-share-buttons/#developers release notes

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-11632?
CVE-2018-11632 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-11632?
To fix CVE-2018-11632, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-11632 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-11632 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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