Vulnerability · Published Jan 8, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-11816The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended <= 3.0.11 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Remote Code Execution
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended from wpextended. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 56% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in version 3.0.11. This is due to a missing capability check on the 'wpext_handle_snippet_update' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute code on the server providing an admin has created at least one code snippet.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpextended | The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended | 0 – through 3.0.11 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3ce53e5-8666-4227-83d3-58f35db0ce68?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpextended/trunk/includes/modules/core_extensions/wpext_snippets/wpext_snippets.php#L705
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3213331%40wpextended&new=3213331%40wpextended&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=