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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-2006
CVE-2024-2006:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate WordPress plugin is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to 1.6.7. The vulnerability was discovered in the outpostshortcodemetabox_markup function and was assigned CVE-2024-2006. This security issue affects WordPress installations with the plugin installed and has been given a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from the deserialization of untrusted input in the outpostshortcodemetabox_markup function. The issue allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject PHP Objects. The severity is rated as HIGH with a CVSS v3.1 vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to perform various malicious actions depending on the presence of a POP chain via additional plugins or themes. The potential impacts include deletion of arbitrary files, retrieval of sensitive data, or execution of arbitrary code on the affected system (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should update to version 1.6.8 or later of the Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate plugin to address this vulnerability (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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