CVE-2024-3228
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Social Sharing Plugin – Kiwi plugin for WordPress contains an Information Exposure vulnerability (CVE-2024-3228) affecting all versions up to and including 2.1.7. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the initial disclosure made on July 9, 2024 (NVD CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists in the 'kiwi-nw-pinterest' class implementation. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction (Wordfence Advisory).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to view limited content from password-protected posts, resulting in unauthorized information disclosure (NVD CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to version 2.1.8 or later of the Kiwi Social Share plugin (WordPress Patch).

Additional resources


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