WordPress Plugin Social Media Widget Serving Spam (4.0) - Vulnerability Database

WordPress Plugin Social Media Widget Serving Spam (4.0)

Description

WordPress Plugin Social Media Widget has a hidden call to i.aaur.net/i.php, which is used to inject Pay Day Loan spam into the web sites running the plugin. WordPress Plugin Social Media Widget version 4.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 4.0.2 or latest

References

https://blog.sucuri.net/2013/04/wordpress-plugin-social-media-widget.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/1

https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-media-widget/changelog/

Related Vulnerabilities

Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2013-1949

CWE-20

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N