Vulnerability · Published Jan 3, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-11733WordPress Popular Posts <= 7.1.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity code injection in WP Popular Posts from hcabrera. 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 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The The WordPress Popular Posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 7.1.0. 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 unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
hcabrera WP Popular Posts 0 – through 7.1.0

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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