WordPress CVEs

Description

The Social Streams plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their user meta information in the update_user_meta() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change their user type to that of an administrator.

Affected WordPress components

• social-streams Plugin · social-streams
  Confirmed match Homeless
  Up to and including 1.0.1
  View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

• steverio Social Streams — Up to and including 1.0.1

References

• plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-streams/trunk/src/php/JsonAPI.php#275
• www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f3f01b88-6f93-4ee8-8d59-9165ebcd4dd1?source=cve
• nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record