CVE-2024-49218CWE-502

WordPress Recently plugin <= 1.1 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability

Critical · published October 16, 2024

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🚨 A sneaky deserialization flaw is lurking in Al Imran Akash’s WooCommerce plugin, and it could lead to full object injection! 🔥 Think of it like a restaurant accepting a food delivery with no inspection at the door — you have no idea what’s in that package until it’s too late. If the delivery includes hazardous ingredients, anyone can whip up a dangerous dish! This vulnerability is absolutely devastating — an attacker could exploit it to inject malicious objects, potentially granting them access to sensitive data or even remote code execution! Imagine someone gaining control over your entire WooCommerce store and wreaking havoc!

Put simply

Think of it like a restaurant accepting a food delivery with no inspection at the door — you have no idea what’s in that package until it’s too late. If the delivery includes hazardous ingredients, anyone can whip up a dangerous dish! The deserialization of untrusted data in the Recently Viewed, Most Viewed, and Sold Products feature allows an attacker to manipulate how data is handled, leading to object injection. This opens the door for attackers to execute arbitrary code on the server, which is a huge security risk.

What to do

This vulnerability is absolutely devastating — an attacker could exploit it to inject malicious objects, potentially granting them access to sensitive data or even remote code execution! Imagine someone gaining control over your entire WooCommerce store and wreaking havoc! Patch urgently to version 1.1.1 or higher to fix this critical issue. Review your deployment and ensure that all instances of the plugin are updated immediately to prevent exploitation. Implement strict validation and sanitation of all incoming data as an additional layer of security. You've got this! With a quick update, your WooCommerce store can be secure once more! 🛡️

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00523 · 43.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2024-10-16T13:21Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 13:21Z
    WordPress Recently plugin <= 1.1 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability
    cvelistv5