The Social Media Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Spam Link Injection in version 4.0. This is due to a hidden call to an external link which makes it possible for spam to be injected into the affected site.
This vulnerability is a medium severity with CVSS 5.3 Vulnerability issue affecting the Plugin Social Media Widget. It affects 4.0 through 4.0 and is fixed in 4.0.1.
the tracked vulnerability is tracked for the Plugin Social Media Widget as medium severity with CVSS 5.3. The affected range is 4.0 through 4.0. Update Social Media Widget to 4.0.1 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
social-media-widget
View on wordpress.org
|
| CVE | No linked CVE entry. |
| Patched Versions |
4.0.1
|
| Affected Versions |
4.0 through 4.0
|
These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Social Media Widget <= 4.0 - Arbitrary File Upload
Social Media Widget <= 4.0.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
This record contains material that is subject to copyright
License: Defiant hereby grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute this software vulnerability information. Any copy of the software vulnerability information you make for such purposes is authorized provided that you include a hyperlink to this vulnerability record and reproduce Defiant's copyright designation and this license in any such copy. Read more
