Social Icons Widget & Block <= 4.5.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sharing Configuration Creation
| CVE | CVE-2026-4063 |
|---|---|
| CVSS | 4.3 (Medium) |
| Publicly Published | March 12, 2026 |
| Last Updated | March 13, 2026 |
| Researcher |
normaandersonfrank
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Description
The Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification due to a missing capability check in the add_menu_item() method hooked to admin_menu in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.8. This is due to the method performing wp_insert_post() and update_post_meta() calls to create a sharing configuration without verifying the current user has administrator-level capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger the creation of a published wpzoom-sharing configuration post with default sharing button settings, which causes social sharing buttons to be automatically injected into all post content on the frontend via the the_content filter.
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Vulnerability Details for WPZOOM Connect: AI Chat, Click to Chat, Social Icons & Share Buttons
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug | social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom (view on wordpress.org) |
| Patched? | Yes |
| Remediation | Update to version 4.5.9, or a newer patched version |
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Recent vulnerabilities in WPZOOM Connect: AI Chat, Click to Chat, Social Icons & Share Buttons
| # | Title | CVE ID | CVSS | Researchers | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Social Icons Widget & Block <= 4.2.17 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting | CVE-2024-2189 | Dmitrii Ignatyev | April 30, 2024 | |
| 2 | Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM <= 4.2.15 - Missing Authorization | CVE-2024-30464 | Rafie Muhammad | March 28, 2024 |
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