WordPress plugin
AccessPress Social Icons 1.8.2 — Backdoor
df015a51-7eb8-4fbc-839f-bcf6b2e2b1a7Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 1.8.2 – 1.8.2Update to 1.8.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:RUser interaction- Required
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-912 Hidden Functionality
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
AccessPress Social Icons accesspress-social-icons
- Affected1.8.2 – 1.8.2
- Patched in1.8.3
Update to 1.8.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run 1.8.2 – 1.8.2. Version 1.8.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under AccessPress Social Icons.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.8.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch AccessPress Social Icons to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Harald Eilertsen.
The AccessPress Social Icons plugin for WordPress contains a backdoor when downloaded directly from the AccessPress site in version 1.8.2. This allows attackers to gain full control of a site with the plugin installed.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in AccessPress Social Icons
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.8 | Author+ SQL Injection <1.8.1Update to 1.8.1 | CVE-2021-24143 | |
| Medium6.1 | Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.6.6Update to 1.6.7 | — |
- High8.8Author+ SQL Injection
<1.8.1Update to 1.8.1
- Medium6.1Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.6.6Update to 1.6.7
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.