Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-4038Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro <= 5.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity code injection in Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro from propluginslab. 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 Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro plugin for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.1. This is due to the plugin for WordPress 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 |
|---|---|---|
| propluginslab | Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro | 0 – through 5.3.1 |
Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d7f59489-9bff-4d22-8f99-6ea52d702ecf?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3080830%40back-in-stock-notifier-for-woocommerce&new=3080830%40back-in-stock-notifier-for-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=