PT-2024-15391 · WordPress · Google Doc Embedder

István Márton · Published 2024-04-29 · Updated 2024-04-30 · CVE-2024-0216

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Doc Embedder plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.6.4

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or above to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application via the 'gview' shortcode. This can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Recommendations For Google Doc Embedder plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.6.4, consider disabling the 'gview' shortcode until a patch is available to prevent Server Side Request Forgery attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

SSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-918

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-0216

Affected Products

Google Doc Embedder

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0216 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/78497 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/linuxpatch/status/1785143496656945505 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/google-document-embedder/tags/2.6.4/functions.php#L187 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75e55138-b091-4113-89da-e1ca45fb99ea?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1785181845602091235 · Twitter Post