Social Share Buttons
CVE-2022-1653
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
The Social Share Buttons by Supsystic WordPress plugin before 2.2.4 does not perform CSRF checks in it's ajax endpoints and admin pages, allowing an attacker to trick any logged in user to manipulate. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement anti-CSRF tokens, validate Origin/Referer headers, use SameSite cookie attribute.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352), which allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions. The Social Share Buttons by Supsystic WordPress plugin before 2.2.4 does not perform CSRF checks in it's ajax endpoints and admin pages, allowing an attacker to trick any logged in user to manipulate or change the plugin settings, as well as create, delete and rename projects and networks. Affected products include: Supsystic Social Share Buttons. Version information: before 2.2.4.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
The Social Share Buttons by Supsystic WordPress plugin before 2.2.4 does not perform CSRF checks in it's ajax endpoints and admin pages, allowing an attacker to trick any logged in user to manipulate or change the plugin settings, as well as create, delete and rename projects and networks.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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