What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.11.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the maybe_connection_data function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the site's Instagram and Facebook oEmbed access tokens via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
The Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed plugin contains a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting versions up to 6.11.1. An attacker can craft a malicious webpage that, when visited by a logged-in site administrator, performs unwanted actions on the site without the admin's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability requires the admin to visit the attacker's page while authenticated to the WordPress site.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Perform unwanted actions on the site by tricking an authenticated admin into visiting a malicious webpage.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
An attacker can modify plugin settings or trigger unintended actions if an admin visits a compromised site while logged into WordPress.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Site admin must be logged in and visit an attacker-controlled webpage; no special plugin configuration required.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
July 8, 2026
CVE published
July 8, 2026
Record updated
