CSRF in Multidots Add Social Share Messenger Buttons Whatsapp And Viber
CVE-2018-11632
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.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
EPSS: 0.005 (42.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Multidots Add_social_share_messenger_buttons_whatsapp_and_viber — versions 1.0.8
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-11632?
- CVE-2018-11632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Multidots Add Social Share Messenger Buttons Whatsapp And Viber, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-05-31.
- How severe is CVE-2018-11632?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-11632 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.