PT-2024-16660 · WordPress · Authors List

Arkadiusz Hydzik · Published 2024-12-04 · Updated 2024-12-09 · CVE-2024-10952

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Authors List plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.0.4

Description The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes due to the software permitting users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do shortcode. This is possible via the update authors list ajax AJAX action.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.0.4, consider disabling the update authors list ajax AJAX action until a patch is available. Restrict access to the do shortcode function to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the update authors list ajax action in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-10952

Affected Products

Authors List

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10952 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3205955/authors-list/trunk/backend/includes/class-authors-list-item.php · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/authors-list/tags/2.0.4/backend/includes/class-authors-list-item.php#L843 · Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1865999896542855418 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/102976 · Telegram Post
• https://wpkube.com · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8b3cfe0a-dcfb-40f3-ba43-4e838c113010?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/11943 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1864164642949325201 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1864155343950897540 · Twitter Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/authors-list/#developers · Note