CVE-2018-6357

Social Media Widget by Acurax <= 3.2.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Cross-Site Scripting via the recordsArray Parameter

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The acx_asmw_saveorder_callback function in function.php in the acurax-social-media-widget plugin before 3.2.6 for WordPress has CSRF via the recordsArray parameter to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, with resultant social_widget_icon_array_order XSS.

La función acx_asmw_saveorder_callback en function.php en el plugin acurax-social-media-widget, en versiones anteriores a la 3.2.6 para WordPress tiene Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) mediante el parámetro recordsArray en wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, con XSS resultante en social_widget_icon_array_order.

*Credits: Panagiotis Vagenas

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-01-02 CVE Published
2018-01-27 CVE Reserved
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2024-09-16 First Exploit
2024-09-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://wordpress.org/plugins/acurax-social-media-widget/#developers	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.openwall.net/full-disclosure/2018/01/10/8	2024-09-16

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Acurax Search vendor "Acurax"		Social Media Widget Search vendor "Acurax" for product "Social Media Widget"				<= 3.2.5 Search vendor "Acurax" for product "Social Media Widget" and version " <= 3.2.5"		wordpress		Affected