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CVE-2014-4717
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin before 4.5 for WordPress allow remote…
Medium6.8EPSS 2.8%
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Description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin before 4.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) ssba_share_text parameter in a save action to wp-admin/options-general.php, which is not properly handled in the homepage, and unspecified vectors related to (2) Pages, (3) Posts, (4) Category/Archive pages or (5) post Excerpts.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
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References (4)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127238/WordPress-Simple-Share-Buttons-Adder-4.4-CSRF-XSS.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.dxw.com/advisories/csrf-and-stored-xss-in-simple-share-buttons-adder (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-share-buttons-adder/changelog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20140626 CSRF and stored XSS in Simple Share Buttons Adder 4.4 (WordPress plugin) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
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