# CVE-2014-4717: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions via CSRF to inject XSS payloads in the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jul 2014
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cf83-77fm-2rj8

## What is CVE-2014-4717?

CVE-2014-4717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jul 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin before 4.5 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the (1) ssba_share_text parameter in a save action to wp-admin/options-general.php, which is not properly handled in the homepage, and unspecified vectors related to (2) Pages, (3) Posts, (4) Category/Archive pages or (5) post Excerpts.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4717?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sharethis Simple Share Buttons Adder.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-4717?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-4717 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Plugin Simple Share Buttons Adder 4.4 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-4094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4094/): Simple Share Buttons Adder < 8.5.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-4717 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-4717 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Jul 2014. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4717/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4717/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4717
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4717
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-4717

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4717/
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