# CVE-2024-52393: WordPress Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin <= 4.1.15 - Admin+ Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

> An attacker with admin privileges can achieve remote code execution via unsafe deserialization in the Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x7gr-mmjj-hx3h

## What is CVE-2024-52393?

CVE-2024-52393 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Eric Teubert Podlove Podcast Publisher, published on 14 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Eric Teubert Podlove Podcast Publisher podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress.This issue affects Podlove Podcast Publisher: from n/a through <= 4.1.15.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-82 (Improper Neutralization of Script in Attributes of IMG Tags in a Web Page)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52393?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Podlove Podlove Podcast Publisher.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-52393?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52393 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-52393 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52393 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Eric Teubert Podlove Podcast Publisher

- [CVE-2021-24666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24666/): Podlove Podcast Publisher < 3.5.6 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2016-10942](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10942/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-43984](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43984/): WordPress Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin <= 4.1.13 - CSRF to Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2017-12949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12949/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-32139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32139/): WordPress Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin <= 4.0.12 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-52393 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-52393 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Eric Teubert Podlove Podcast Publisher, published on 14 Nov 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52393 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Eric Teubert Podlove Podcast Publisher. 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-2024-52393/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52393/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52393
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52393
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52393

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52393/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.