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CVE-2024-13117: share buttons vulnerability
CVE-2024-13117: medium vulnerability affecting share buttons. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM
- EPSS
- 38.07%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- share buttons
What is known
The Social Share Buttons for WordPress plugin through 2.7 allows an unauthenticated user to upload arbitrary images and change the path where they are uploaded
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-13117, a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) affecting share buttons, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether share buttons is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.