PT-2024-18368 · WordPress · Slider Responsive Slideshow

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-03-01 · Updated 2025-03-12 · CVE-2024-1859

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Slider Responsive Slideshow plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.3.8

Description The issue allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject a PHP Object via deserialization of untrusted input to the awl slider responsive shortcode function. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.3.8, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue, as no specific workaround is provided for these versions. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the awl slider responsive shortcode function until a patch is available.

Fix

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-502

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1859

Affected Products

Slider Responsive Slideshow

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1859 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1859 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3041884%40slider-responsive-slideshow&new=3041884%40slider-responsive-slideshow&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d35266cd-41e6-4358-afaa-bc008962f2e1?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1764024170151608789 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/114432 · Telegram Post