Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM <= 4.2.15 - Missing Authorization
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 4.2.16
- Affected Version
<= 4.2.15- CVSS
- 4.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-30464
At a glance
CVE-2024-30464 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WPZOOM Connect WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.2.15. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The root cause is a missing authorization check on a reachable function. The issue is fixed in version 4.2.16; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2024, reported by Rafie Muhammad.
Vulnerability Overview
The Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the zoom_ajax_set_pointer_transient() function in versions up to, and including, 4.2.15. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to set pointer transients.
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 Connect <= 4.2.15 carries this weakness at zoom_ajax_set_pointer_transient(), and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. 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 Connect the fix is 4.2.16: builds <= 4.2.15 are affected, anything from 4.2.16 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 4.2.16, 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 Connect 4.2.16 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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