Davidsneal Simple Share Buttons Adder up to 1.5 ssba_share_text cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Davidsneal Simple Share Buttons Adder up to 1.5. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument ssba_share_text with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin before 4.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) ssba_share_text parameter in a save action to wp-admin/options-general.php, which is not properly handled in the homepage, and unspecified vectors related to (2) Pages, (3) Posts, (4) Category/Archive pages or (5) post Excerpts.

The weakness was presented 07/03/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-4717 since 07/03/2014. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 1.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94082), SecurityFocus (BID 68206†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48228†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Simple Share Buttons Adder 1.6

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06/25/2014 🔍
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07/03/2014 +8 days 🔍
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01/26/2015 +207 days 🔍
03/26/2015 +59 days 🔍
03/24/2022 +2555 days 🔍

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Advisory: 127238
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-4717 (🔍)
X-Force: 94082
SecurityFocus: 68206 - WordPress Simple Share Buttons Adder Plugin Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 48228 - Simple Share Buttons Adder Plugin Before 4.5 for WordPress Remote CSRF via Multiple Parameters, Medium

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Created: 03/26/2015 12:07 PM
Updated: 03/24/2022 11:15 AM
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 PM (55), 06/18/2017 09:33 AM (4), 03/24/2022 11:15 AM (3)
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