CVE-2024-9697
Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin <= 1.3.4 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update
The Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the tweet_settings_save() and tweet_settings_update() functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's settings.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin <= 1.3.4 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update
The Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the tweet_settings_save() and tweet_settings_update() functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's settings.
- Record
CVE-2024-9697- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-50454
The Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the tweet_settings_save() and tweet_settings_update() functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's settings.
- Record
EUVD-2024-50454- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p9mp-q42m-g65q
The Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized...
The Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the tweet_settings_save() and tweet_settings_update() functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's settings.
- Record
GHSA-p9mp-q42m-g65q- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the tweet_settings_save() and tweet_settings_update() functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the plugin's settings.
- Record
CVE-2024-9697- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-9697 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Socialrocket Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin, published January 7, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/168dd2d4-bffb-4187-afc7-02fef8cb51a7?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-rocket/trunk/admin/includes/class-social-rocket-admin.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9697
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p9mp-q42m-g65q