CVE-2024-0379 Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget <= 2.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Options Update
Attackers can trick administrators into updating Twitter API credentials via CSRF, potentially compromising feed functionality.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0379?
CVE-2024-0379 is a medium-severity vulnerability in smub Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ctf_auto_save_tokens function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the site's twitter API token and secret via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0379?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Smashballoon Custom Twitter Feeds.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0379?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0379 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-0379 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0379 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in smub Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget
- CVE-2024-49685 WordPress Custom Twitter Feeds plugin <= 2.2.3 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
- CVE-2022-33974 WordPress Custom Twitter Feeds (Tweets Widget) Plugin <= 1.8.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- CVE-2024-8983 Custom Twitter Feeds < 2.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
- CVE-2023-52136 WordPress Custom Twitter Feeds (Tweets Widget) Plugin <= 2.1.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pqw3-hp3j-9x5q.