Auth bypass in Heateor Sassy Social Share

CVE-2021-39321

Version 3.3.23 of the Sassy Social Share WordPress plugin is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection via the wp_ajax_heateor_sss_import_config AJAX action due to deserialization of unvalidated user supplied inputs via the import_config function found in the ~/admin/class-sassy-social-share-admin.php file. This can be exploited by underprivileged authenticated users due to a missing capability check on the import_config function.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.020 (78.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-39321?
CVE-2021-39321 is a high-severity vulnerability in Heateor Sassy Social Share, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2021-39321?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-39321 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.