PT-2024-39877 · WordPress · Aadmy – Add Auto Date Month Year Into Posts

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-10-15 · Updated 2024-10-19 · CVE-2024-9837

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 AADMY – Add Auto Date Month Year Into Posts plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.0.1

Description The issue is related to arbitrary shortcode execution 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.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.0.1, consider disabling the execution of shortcodes until a patch is available. Restrict access to the plugin's functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the plugin until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9837

Affected Products

Aadmy – Add Auto Date Month Year Into Posts

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9837 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3167908 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fb165cba-34a9-42d9-bfd5-31a290d02311?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/latest_high_impact_cve/1329 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-date-year-month/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/98031 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1846096530266075375 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1847518150952353930 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1846158058612789453 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/auto-date-year-month/trunk/auto-date-year-month.php#L218 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/7890 · Telegram Post