CVE-2024-8481

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

Description

The The Special Text Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.2. This is due to the plugin adding the filter add_filter('comment_text', 'do_shortcode'); which will run all shortcodes in comments. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2024-8481

Assigner
Wordfence

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-09-25T02:05:00.954Z

Last Modified Date
2024-09-25T02:05:00.954Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-94	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15b2a08f-2122-4eaf-ab46-1945cf6a68ca?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-special-textboxes/trunk/stb-class.php#L36

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8481
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-8481

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-10-06 10:51:35				Added to TrackCVE