CVE-2024-6405 Floating Social Buttons <= 1.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Unauthenticated attackers can trick administrators into updating plugin settings and injecting malicious scripts via CSRF.
- 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-2024-6405?
CVE-2024-6405 is a medium-severity vulnerability in bhagirath25 Floating Social Buttons, published on 29 Jun 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 Floating Social Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the floating_social_buttons_option() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the plugins settings and inject malicious web scripts 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-2024-6405?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Varniinfotech Floating Social Buttons.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6405?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6405 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-6405 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6405 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3862-5qvv-3rvv.