CVE-2018-20555

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Published Mar 18, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 10.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Design Chemical Social Network Tabs plugin 1.7.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to discover Twitter access_token, access_token_secret, consumer_key, and consumer_secret values by reading the dcwp_twitter.php source code. This leads to Twitter account takeover.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:designchemical:social_network_tabs:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 10.4% (10.401% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/fs0c131y/CVE-2018-20555
https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/1085828186708066304
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9204

History

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Subscriptions

Designchemical Social Network Tabs

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:05 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 18, 2019, 3:32 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:05 PM
Reserved: Dec 28, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:53 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 21, 2019, 4:00 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:53 AM

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