# CVE-2024-6297: Several WordPress.org Plugins <= Various Versions - Injected Backdoor

> Compromised WordPress plugins exfiltrate database credentials and create malicious admin users, requiring immediate uninstallation and malware scanning.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8242-gggm-vvxx

## What is CVE-2024-6297?

CVE-2024-6297 is a critical vulnerability in blazeretail BLAZE Retail Widget, published on 25 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Several plugins for WordPress hosted on WordPress.org have been compromised and injected with malicious PHP scripts. A malicious threat actor compromised the source code of various plugins and injected code that exfiltrates database credentials and is used to create new, malicious, administrator users and send that data back to a server. Currently, not all plugins have been patched and we strongly recommend uninstalling the plugins for the time being and running a complete malware scan.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6297?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-6297?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6297 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6297 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6297 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- A security-hardened fork of "Simply Show Hooks". Replaces the compromised original (CVE-2024-6297) and patches unlisted Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. (github_poc): https://github.com/Sudo-WP/sudowp-hooks-visualizer

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6297 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6297 is a critical vulnerability in blazeretail BLAZE Retail Widget, published on 25 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6297 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: blazeretail BLAZE Retail Widget. 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-2024-6297/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6297/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6297
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6297
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6297

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6297/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.