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GHSA-CGQ8-7CM9-H3Q8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-09 09:31 – Updated: 2026-10-09 09:31

Details

The Social Web Suite WordPress plugin through 4.1.12 does not restrict which of its settings may be written through an unauthenticated endpoint, allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary Social Web Suite WordPress plugin through 4.1.12 options, including the shared secret that guards its own privileged endpoints.

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CVE-2026-88931 (GCVE-0-2026-88931)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-09 06:00 – Updated: 2026-10-09 06:00

Title

Social Web Suite <= 4.1.12 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Settings Update

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Assigner

WPScan CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 1522 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e1341110-abad-47…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Social Web Suite	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.1.12 (semver)

Credits

Naoki Kawahigashi WPScan

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          "vendor": "Unknown",
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
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      "credits": [
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          "type": "finder",
          "value": "Naoki Kawahigashi"
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          "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e1341110-abad-47f5-aed5-1c06cb0c8071/"
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      "source": {
        "discovery": "EXTERNAL"
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      "title": "Social Web Suite \u003c= 4.1.12 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Settings Update",
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