# CVE-2024-30464: WordPress Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM plugin <= 4.2.15 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the WPZOOM Social Icons plugin, potentially accessing restricted functionality without proper permissions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3pxr-3j7f-c35j

## What is CVE-2024-30464?

CVE-2024-30464 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM, published on 9 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPZOOM Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM.This issue affects Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM: from n/a through 4.2.15.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-30464?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpzoom Social Icons Widget.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-30464?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-30464 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-30464 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-30464 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WPZOOM Social Icons Widget <= 4.2.15 - Missing Authorization (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-30464.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM

- [CVE-2024-2189](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2189/): Social Icons Widget & Block < 4.2.18 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-30464 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-30464 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM, published on 9 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-30464 exists.

Affected product: Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM. 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-2024-30464/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30464/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-30464
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30464
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-30464

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30464/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.