# CVE-2024-8672: Code injection in Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets

> Authenticated contributors can execute arbitrary code on the server via unfiltered input in the display logic functionality of the Widget Options plugin.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wv4f-gxfv-xrq4

## What is CVE-2024-8672?

CVE-2024-8672 is a critical code injection vulnerability in marketingfire Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets, published on 28 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.7 via the display logic functionality that extends several page builders. This is due to the plugin allowing users to supply input that will be passed through eval() without any filtering or capability checks. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to execute code on the server. Special note: We suggested the vendor implement an allowlist of functions and limit the ability to execute commands to just administrators, however, they did not take our advice. We are considering this patched, however, we believe it could still be further hardened and there may be residual risk with how the issue is currently patched.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8672?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-8672?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8672 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8672 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8672 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin <= 4.0.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution (github_poc): https://github.com/Chocapikk/CVE-2024-8672

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8672 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8672 is a critical code injection vulnerability in marketingfire Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets, published on 28 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8672 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: marketingfire Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets. 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-2024-8672/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8672/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8672
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8672
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8672

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8672/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.