CVE-2022-3622 Blog2Social <= 6.9.11 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update

Medium 4.1 Published Updated

Authenticated subscribers can modify admin-only plugin settings due to missing capability checks in Blog2Social.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-3622?

CVE-2022-3622 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in pr-gateway Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler, published on 20 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Blog2Social plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks in versions up to, and including, 6.9.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to change some plugin settings intended to be modifiable by admins only.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3622?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Adenion Blog2social.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3622?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3622 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-2022-3622 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3622 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2wq9-hq2m-2hfq.

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