CVE-2024-52433CWE-502

WordPress My Geo Posts Free plugin <= 1.2 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability

Critical · published November 18, 2024

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

🚨 An object injection vulnerability is lurking in My Geo Posts Free, just waiting for someone to pull the trigger! 🔥 Think of it as a restaurant kitchen that blindly trusts every delivery without checking the contents — you might end up serving spoiled food because the chef didn’t inspect the ingredients! An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious objects into the application, leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure. This could be absolutely devastating, allowing them to manipulate data or even take control of the application entirely. 😱

Put simply

Think of it as a restaurant kitchen that blindly trusts every delivery without checking the contents — you might end up serving spoiled food because the chef didn’t inspect the ingredients! This deserialization flaw allows untrusted data to be injected into the application, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code or manipulate the application's state, as it doesn't adequately validate incoming objects.

What to do

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious objects into the application, leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure. This could be absolutely devastating, allowing them to manipulate data or even take control of the application entirely. 😱 Immediately upgrade My Geo Posts Free to version 1.3 or later to patch this vulnerability. Additionally, consider implementing strict data validation practices and monitoring logs for unusual activities. 🛡️ You've got this! By following these steps, you'll bolster your defenses and keep your application secure. 💪✨

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
0.03075 · 87.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2024-11-18T14:23Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 NOV 14:23Z
    WordPress My Geo Posts Free plugin <= 1.2 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability
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