Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A WordPress plugin version reportedly exposed Twitter application secrets in its own source code. If a site used the Design Chemical Social Network Tabs plugin 1.7.1 with Twitter configured, attackers could obtain credentials and potentially take over the linked Twitter account.
Executive priority
Prioritize if the organization used this plugin with a business Twitter account. The main risk is social account takeover, brand abuse, and loss of control over public communications.
Technical view
CVE-2018-20555 describes credential disclosure in Design Chemical Social Network Tabs 1.7.1 for WordPress. The exposed values include Twitter access token, access token secret, consumer key, and consumer secret. The source bundle does not provide CVSS, CWE, or fixed-version details.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to WordPress sites running Social Network Tabs 1.7.1, especially where Twitter integration was configured with live credentials.
Exploitation context
The issue is publicly documented by CVE, WPVulnDB, a researcher tweet, and a GitHub reference. The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation.
Researcher notes
Evidence is concise but narrow: the CVE description identifies the plugin, version, exposed Twitter secrets, and account-takeover consequence. Missing data includes CVSS, CWE, fixed version, and confirmed exploitation telemetry.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the Social Network Tabs plugin and version.
- Disable or remove affected plugin installations until vendor guidance is confirmed.
- Rotate Twitter tokens, consumer keys, and consumer secrets used by the plugin.
- Review the linked Twitter account and developer app for unauthorized activity.
- Check vendor or plugin repository guidance for any fixed replacement version.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Social Network Tabs 1.7.1 is installed on any WordPress instance.
- Check whether Twitter credentials were configured for that plugin.
- Inspect server logs for suspicious access to the affected plugin file.
- Verify exposed Twitter credentials have been revoked or rotated.
- Document affected sites, credential owners, and remediation status.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9204CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/1085828186708066304CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/fs0c131y/CVE-2018-20555CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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