# CVE-2024-13288: Monster Menus - Critical - Arbitrary PHP code execution - SA-CONTRIB-2024-052

> An attacker can execute arbitrary PHP code via unsafe deserialization in the Monster Menus Drupal module.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** DRUPAL-CONTRIB-2024-052, GHSA-jrrh-q8c6-fqg3

## What is CVE-2024-13288?

CVE-2024-13288 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Drupal Monster Menus, published on 9 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Drupal Monster Menus allows Object Injection.This issue affects Monster Menus: from 0.0.0 before 9.3.4, from 9.4.0 before 9.4.2.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13288?

It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `drupal/monster_menus` | Packagist:https://packages.drupal.org/8 | All versions | 9.3.4, 9.4.2 |

Products: Monster Menus Project Monster Menus.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13288?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-13288 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Drupal Monster Menus

- [CVE-2024-13281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13281/): Monster Menus - Moderately critical - Access bypass, Information Disclosure - SA-CONTRIB-2024-045 (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-81201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-81201/): Monster Menus - Moderately critical - Cross-site Scripting - SA-CONTRIB-2026-116 (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2013-4230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4230/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2015-8095](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8095/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2013-4504](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4504/): Information disclosure in n/a (low 2.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13288 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13288 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Drupal Monster Menus, published on 9 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13288 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Drupal Monster Menus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13288/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13288/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13288
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13288
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13288

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13288/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
