WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block <= 2.1.13 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Instagram Image Deletion
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.1.14
- Affected Plugin
- WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block
- Affected Version
<= 2.1.13- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-3662
At a glance
CVE-2024-3662 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.1.13. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.1.14; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Thura Moe Myint (mgthuramoemyint).
Vulnerability Overview
The WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpzoom_instagram_clear_data() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.13. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete all Instagram images installed on the site.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block <= 2.1.13 carries this weakness at wpzoom_instagram_clear_data(), and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block the fix is 2.1.14: builds <= 2.1.13 are affected, anything from 2.1.14 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.1.14, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block 2.1.14 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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