CSRF in Inisev Social Media Share Buttons & Sharing Icons
CVE-2023-5602
The Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on several functions corresponding to AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke those actions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)
EPSS: 0.002 (13.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Product, Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-5602?
- CVE-2023-5602 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Inisev Social Media Share Buttons & Sharing Icons, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-10-20.
- How severe is CVE-2023-5602?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-5602 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.