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)
EPSS: 0.028 (85.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Sharethis Simple_share_buttons_adder — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
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.