Description

WordPress Plugin Smash Balloon Social Post Feed is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently update plugin's settings. WordPress Plugin Smash Balloon Social Post Feed version 4.0 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 4.0.1 or latest

References

https://jetpack.com/2021/10/29/security-issues-patched-in-smash-balloon-social-post-feed-plugin/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/custom-facebook-feed/trunk/README.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24918 CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass