CVE-2014-9437: Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Sliding Social Icons plugin 1.61 for WordPre

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MEDIUM 6.8DOWNGRADE

CVE-2014-9437 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.8) affecting sliding social icons. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Sliding Social Icons plugin 1.61 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change plugin settings via unspecified vectors or (2) conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the sc_social_slider_margin parameter in a wpbs_save_settings action in the wpbs_panel page to wp-admin/admin.php.

Why this priority

Public exploit reference

No fix is published yet: follow the downgrade or mitigation steps.

Risk facts

CVSS score	6.8 (Medium)
EPSS exploit chance	1.0% (top 37%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-352
Published	2015-01-02
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): MITRE · Vendor: sliding social icons project

Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2015-01-02 19:59 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 00:18 UTCUpdated Record last modified

sliding social icons project sliding social icons DOWNGRADE

Affected: 1.61

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: a release before 1.61

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy sliding-social-icons || rpm -q sliding-social-icons || sliding-social-icons --version

2. No fixed release: DOWNGRADE to a release before 1.61 (Debian / Ubuntu)

apt-cache madison sliding-social-icons sudo apt install sliding-social-icons=<VERSION_BEFORE_1.61> sudo apt-mark hold sliding-social-icons

2. No fixed release: DOWNGRADE (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Fedora)

dnf --showduplicates list sliding-social-icons sudo dnf downgrade sliding-social-icons-<VERSION_BEFORE_1.61> sudo dnf versionlock add sliding-social-icons

Downgrade risk

Downgrading can break dependent software and may reopen older bugs. Read the distro advisory first and test on a non-production host.

After downgrade

Restart the service, and keep the package held until a fixed release ships.

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Scores and fixes here are computed automatically from those and other public sources. Confirm with the vendor advisory before changing production systems.

Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2014-9437?

sliding social icons: downgrade or apply the listed mitigation. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2014-9437 being exploited?

CVE-2014-9437 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2014-9437 affect?

CVE-2014-9437 affects sliding social icons. Severity is medium (CVSS 6.8). Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Sliding Social Icons plugin 1.61 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) change plugin settings via unspecif

How urgent is CVE-2014-9437?

Priority 45/100. Public exploit reference

Software pages

WordPress vulnerabilities · PHP vulnerabilities

References

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