FKIE_CVE-2021-24918

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-11-29 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:41
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 did not have any privilege or nonce validation before saving the plugin's setting. As a result, any logged-in user on a vulnerable site could update the settings and store rogue JavaScript on each of its posts and pages.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://jetpack.com/2021/10/29/security-issues-patched-in-smash-balloon-social-post-feed-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5d252ad7-bf28-44f3-8cd0-c4fe05c48f35Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://jetpack.com/2021/10/29/security-issues-patched-in-smash-balloon-social-post-feed-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5d252ad7-bf28-44f3-8cd0-c4fe05c48f35Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
smashballoon smash_balloon_social_post_feed *
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          "product": "Smash Balloon Social Post Feed",
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "versions": [
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "4.0.1",
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            }
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        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com"
    }
  ],
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              "versionEndExcluding": "4.0.1",
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El plugin Smash Balloon Social Post Feed de WordPress versiones anteriores a 4.0.1, no presentaba ninguna comprobaci\u00f3n de privilegios o nonce antes de guardar la configuraci\u00f3n del plugin. Como resultado, cualquier usuario conectado en un sitio vulnerable pod\u00eda actualizar la configuraci\u00f3n y almacenar JavaScript falso en cada una de sus publicaciones y p\u00e1ginas"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2021-24918",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:41:07.990",
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