Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter <= 3.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Social Login/Share Status Update

2024-02-29 00:00

Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.0.1

Affected PluginWp Social Login and Register Social Counter

Affected Version<= 3.0.0

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2024-1763

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Vulnerability Overview

The Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the /wp_social/v1/ REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable and disable certain providers for the social share and login features.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.0.1, 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-2024-1763 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f145c85-f3c6-46a7-b8ae-d486dd23087d

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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