CVE-2020-36831 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.3.17 - Missing Authorization
Low-privileged users can perform administrative actions due to missing capability checks in the Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-36831?
CVE-2020-36831 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster, published on 16 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks on multiple user privilege/security functions provided in versions up to, and including 4.3.17. This makes it possible for low-privileged attackers, like subscribers, to perform restricted actions that would be otherwise locked to a administrative-level user.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36831?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nextscripts Social Networks Auto Poster.
How do I fix CVE-2020-36831?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36831 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2020-36831 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36831 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster
- CVE-2024-2088 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure
- CVE-2024-37275 WordPress NextScripts plugin <= 4.4.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2023-49183 WordPress NextScripts Plugin <= 4.4.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2021-25072 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster < 4.3.25 - Arbitrary Post Deletion via CSRF
- CVE-2024-1762 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster <= 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User Agent
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4pfx-jfj6-q6ch.