Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM <= 4.2.15 - Missing Authorization

2024-03-28 00:00
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

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.2.16, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

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