Reported vulnerability

Social Icons Widget & Block <= 4.5.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sharing Configuration Creation

Published 12 Mar 2026

Updated 13 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-4063

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WPZOOM Connect: AI Chat, Click to Chat, Social Icons & Share Buttons

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Wordfence advisory

medium · CVSS 4.3

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.

Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

WPZOOM Connect: AI Chat, Click to Chat, Social Icons & Share Buttons

Software
plugin · social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, through 4.5.8
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
4.5.9

Recommended action

Update to version 4.5.9, or a newer patched version

Further references (1)
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Source: Wordfence

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Questions about this vulnerability

Which versions of WPZOOM Connect: AI Chat, Click to Chat, Social Icons & Share Buttons are affected?

Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 4.5.8. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.

Is a fix available for WPZOOM Connect: AI Chat, Click to Chat, Social Icons & Share Buttons?

Wordfence reports a fix for this issue in WPZOOM Connect: AI Chat, Click to Chat, Social Icons & Share Buttons. It lists these fixed versions: 4.5.9. Back up your website and test the recommended update before applying it to your live site.

Where can I find my installed plugin version?

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