# CVE-2018-20555: The Design Chemical Social Network Tabs plugin 1.7.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to discover Twitter access\_token, access\_token\_se

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2019-03-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Design Chemical Social Network Tabs plugin 1.7.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to discover Twitter access_token, access_token_secret, consumer_key, and consumer_secret values by reading the dcwp_twitter.php source code. This leads to Twitter account takeover.

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## References

- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9204
- https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/1085828186708066304
- https://github.com/fs0c131y/CVE-2018-20555

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