CVE-2024-8481

Special Text Boxes <= 6.2.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

CVSS 7.3 HIGHEPSS 0.6%CWE-94

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 7.3EPSS 0.6%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

25 Sep 2024Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

The The Special Text Boxes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.4. 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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

minimus · Special Text Boxes

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3166470/https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/tags/6.2.2/wp-special-textboxes/trunk/stb-class.php#L36 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15b2a08f-2122-4eaf-ab46-1945cf6a68ca?source=cve