Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-9846Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts <= 1.0.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
High 7.3
In plain English
A high-severity code injection in Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts from amu02aftab. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The The Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. 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)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| amu02aftab | Enable Shortcodes inside Widgets,Comments and Experts | 0 – through 1.0.0 |
Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1ac2544-f96b-4859-96de-795753a94264?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgetscomments-and-experts/trunk/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgets-comments-experts.php#L19
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-shortcodes-inside-widgetscomments-and-experts/#developers