The Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ctf_auto_save_tokens function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the site's twitter API token and secret via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE-2024-0379 is a medium severity with CVSS 4.3 Cross-Site Request Forgery issue affecting the Plugin Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget. It affects Versions up to 2.2.1 and is fixed in 2.2.2.
CVE-2024-0379 is tracked for the Plugin Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget as medium severity with CVSS 4.3. The affected range is Versions up to 2.2.1. Update Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget to 2.2.2 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
custom-twitter-feeds
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2024-0379 |
| Patched Versions |
2.2.2
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 2.2.1
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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.
Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget <= 2.2.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Custom Twitter Feeds <= 2.2.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Cache Reset via ctf_clear_cache_admin Function
Custom Twitter Feeds (Tweets Widget) <= 2.2.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Custom Twitter Feeds (Tweets Widget) <= 2.1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Custom Twitter Feeds (Tweets Widget) <= 1.8.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
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