Vulnerability · Published Dec 13, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-11012Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress <= 2.1.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via njt_nofi_text
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity code injection in Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress from ninjateam. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 42% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The The Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via njt_nofi_text AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.4. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ninjateam | Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress | 0 – through 2.1.4 |
Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1766727d-ba54-4b46-b362-415c14be027d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/notibar/trunk/includes/NotificationBar/WpCustomNotification.php#L90
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/notibar/#developers
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3205224/