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CVE-2024-12279: WP Social AutoConnect <= 4.6.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-01-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The WP Social AutoConnect plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.2. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on a function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• Justin Klein WP Social AutoConnect: before 4.6.3 — fixed in 4.6.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Justin Klein WP Social AutoConnect 4.6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3211577/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fb-autoconnect/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/392d8286-a5fd-4d5d-9f6a-f13564013edc?source=cve

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