Social Media Feather <= 2.1.3 - Missing Authorization

2023-12-07 00:00

Abdi Pranata

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.1.4

Affected PluginSocial Media Feather

Affected Version<= 2.1.3

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-49861

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Vulnerability Overview

The Social Media Feather plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on two functions in versions up to, and including, 2.1.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to hide notices.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1.4, 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

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49861 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4154aa02-7fa1-4858-bea7-092ec4a508ac

CVSS Vector

4.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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