6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-11632
Multidots Add Social Share Messenger Buttons for WordPress CSRF Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in the MULTIDOTS Add Social Share Messenger Buttons Whatsapp and Viber plugin 1.0.8 for WordPress. If an admin user can be tricked into visiting a crafted URL created by an attacker (via spear phishing/social engineering), the attacker can change the plugin settings via wp-admin/admin-post.php CSRF. There's no nonce or capability check in the whatsapp_share_setting_add_update() function.

INFO

Published Date :

May 31, 2018, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 2, 2018, 3:36 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-11632 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Multidots add_social_share_messenger_buttons_whatsapp_and_viber
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-11632.

URL Resource
http://labs.threatpress.com/cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-in-add-social-share-messenger-buttons-whatsapp-and-viber-plugin/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-social-share-buttons/#developers Release Notes

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-11632 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-11632 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 02, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://labs.threatpress.com/cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-in-add-social-share-messenger-buttons-whatsapp-and-viber-plugin/ No Types Assigned http://labs.threatpress.com/cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-in-add-social-share-messenger-buttons-whatsapp-and-viber-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-social-share-buttons/#developers No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-social-share-buttons/#developers Release Notes
    Added CWE CWE-352
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:multidots:add_social_share_messenger_buttons_whatsapp_and_viber:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.08 }} 0.01%

score

0.33822

percentile

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