The Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification due to a missing capability check in the add_menu_item() method hooked to admin_menu in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.8. This is due to the method performing wp_insert_post() and update_post_meta() calls to create a sharing configuration without verifying the current user has administrator-level capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger the creation of a published wpzoom-sharing configuration post with default sharing button settings, which causes social sharing buttons to be automatically injected into all post content on the frontend via the the_content filter.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Icons Widget By Wpzoom Plugin | — | Update social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom plugin to version 4.5.9, or a newer patched version | May 5, 2026 | Mar 12, 2026 |
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