GHSA-5XH8-VH3C-9FXF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-13 21:31 – Updated: 2026-03-13 21:31The Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification due to a missing capability check in the add_menu_item() method hooked to admin_menu in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.8. This is due to the method performing wp_insert_post() and update_post_meta() calls to create a sharing configuration without verifying the current user has administrator-level capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger the creation of a published wpzoom-sharing configuration post with default sharing button settings, which causes social sharing buttons to be automatically injected into all post content on the frontend via the the_content filter.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-4063"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-13T19:55:13Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Social Icons Widget \u0026 Block by WPZOOM plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification due to a missing capability check in the add_menu_item() method hooked to admin_menu in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.8. This is due to the method performing wp_insert_post() and update_post_meta() calls to create a sharing configuration without verifying the current user has administrator-level capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger the creation of a published wpzoom-sharing configuration post with default sharing button settings, which causes social sharing buttons to be automatically injected into all post content on the frontend via the the_content filter.",
"id": "GHSA-5xh8-vh3c-9fxf",
"modified": "2026-03-13T21:31:51Z",
"published": "2026-03-13T21:31:51Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4063"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom/tags/4.5.8/includes/classes/class-wpzoom-social-sharing-buttons.php#L110"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom/tags/4.5.8/includes/classes/class-wpzoom-social-sharing-buttons.php#L134"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom/trunk/includes/classes/class-wpzoom-social-sharing-buttons.php#L110"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026new=3481444%40social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom%2Ftrunk\u0026old=3462717%40social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom%2Ftrunk\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6af64b51-1758-495f-b6d7-364488de9ab8?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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