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CVE-2024-8352: social web suite vulnerability
CVE-2024-8352: high vulnerability affecting social web suite. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH
- EPSS
- 57.86%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- social web suite
What is known
The Social Web Suite – Social Media Auto Post, Social Media Auto Publish plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.11 via the download_log function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2024-8352, a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) affecting social web suite, 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 social web suite 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.