CVE-2024-4038 Code injection in Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary shortcodes in the Back In Stock Notifier plugin due to improper validation, potentially leading to code execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-4038?

CVE-2024-4038 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in propluginslab Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro, published on 9 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The The Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro plugin for WordPress for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.1. This is due to the plugin for WordPress allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4038?

How do I fix CVE-2024-4038?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4038 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2024-4038 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4038 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-789q-xfmh-gcrm.

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