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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-10263
CVE-2024-10263:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Tickera – WordPress Event Ticketing plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-10263) contains a vulnerability related to arbitrary shortcode execution, affecting all versions up to and including 3.5.4.4. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the initial disclosure occurring on November 5, 2024 (NVD, CVE Mitre).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper validation of values before executing the do_shortcode function, classified as CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code). The severity is rated as HIGH with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes, potentially leading to unauthorized code execution within the WordPress environment (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update their Tickera – WordPress Event Ticketing plugin to a version newer than 3.5.4.4 (WordPress Patch).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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