Authenticated Attackers Can Execute Arbitrary Shortcodes via AJAX Action
CVE-2024-11012
6.3MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Vendor
- Wordpress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 13 December 2024
Summary
The The Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via njt_nofi_text AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.4. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Affected Version(s)
Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress * <= 2.1.4
References
CVSS V3.1
Score:
6.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Timeline
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved
Credit
Arkadiusz Hydzik