Meks Smart Social Widget <= 1.6 - Missing Authorization to notice dimissal

Missing Authorization
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published July 27, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

The Meks Smart Social Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized admin notice dismissal due to a missing capability check on the meks_remove_notification function in versions up to, and including, 1.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to dismiss admin notices.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug meks-smart-social-widget (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.6
Patched Version
  • 1.6.1
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