NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure

2024-05-21 18:34

Colin Xu

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.4.4

Affected PluginNextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster

Affected Version<= 4.4.3

CVSS8.5High

CVECVE-2024-2088

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Vulnerability Overview

The NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.3 via the 'nxs_getExpSettings' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to extract sensitive data including social network API keys and secrets.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.4.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-202 (Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Data Queries) When trying to keep information confidential, an attacker can often infer some of the information by using statistics.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2088 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70724bc7-c1f4-4965-8bba-99b2ed21d34b

CVSS Vector

8.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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