Auth bypass in Shareaholic

CVE-2022-0594

The Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts WordPress plugin before 9.7.6 does not have proper authorisation check in one of the AJAX action, available to unauthenticated (in v < 9.7.5) and author+ (in v9.7.5) users, allowing them to call it and retrieve various information such as the list of active plugins, various version like PHP, cURL, WP etc.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (81.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-0594: held from 0.020 to 0.021.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.021 · change: +0.001

Affected products

  • Shareaholic
  • Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic — versions 9.7.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0594?
CVE-2022-0594 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Shareaholic, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-0594?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0594 known to be exploited?
5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.