CSRF in Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder
CVE-2014-4717
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.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.028 (86.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 86.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/127238/WordPress-Simple-Share-Buttons-Adder-4.4-C… (Exploit)
- security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-stored-xss-in-simple-share-buttons-adder (Exploit)
- wordpress.org/plugins/simple-share-buttons-adder/changelog (Patch)
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/138 (mailing-list, Exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-4717?
- CVE-2014-4717 is a vulnerability in Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). Published 2014-07-03.
- Is CVE-2014-4717 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.