CVE-2023-5602

CVSS 3.1 Score 4.3 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Oct 20, 2023
Updated: Nov 7, 2023
CWE ID 352

Summary

CVE-2023-5602 is a vulnerability found in the Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 2.8.5. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks by tricking a site administrator into clicking on a link. The vulnerability arises due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on several AJAX actions. The potential danger of this vulnerability lies in the fact that it can lead to unauthorized actions being performed on the affected WordPress website. To remediate this vulnerability, users should update their plugin to the latest version, which contains the necessary security patches.

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